Over the past few centuries the word "utopia" has developed a variety of meanings: a perfect state, a paradise, a heaven on earth, but the original definition of the word means something quite different. “Utopia,” coined by St. Thomas More in his famous work Utopia, written during the English Renaissance, literally means “nowhere.” It's ironic that a word that means nowhere has become a catch-all phrase for heaven. More's work is popular for its wit, its use of metaphor, and its proposals for the perfect state. Nicholas Paine Gilman in Socialism and the American Spirit argues that the work is: a masterpiece of wit, written by a man who knew the world and published this book, inspired by Colet and Erasmus, not as a sure prophecy of the shape of civilization. it must last a thousand years or less, but as an accelerator of human sympathy and a stimulus to thought and faith in man (353). The work is a masterpiece of metaphor written by a man with an extraordinary imagination, an imagination that created a country called Utopia, meaning "nowhere" with a capital called Amaurote meaning "just seen", with a river “without water,” Anyder, flowing by (Gilman). Utopia has captured the imagination of millions over the years with its government run by and for the people, the elimination of private property and care for the elderly. It's a place that seems too good to be true, and most likely is. A state of Utopia has never existed in the world and will never exist, but a number of ideas suggested by More have become reality or have inspired further discussion of the perfect state. The type of government More proposes and the way he proposes it will work has stimulated three...... middle of paper ......without worrying about where the next meal will come from or how to pay the mortgage. On the surface, Utopia seems like the perfect state where “the whole island is like one family” (More 83). It appears to be a perfectly managed community socialist living environment, but a closer reading reveals something very different. After all, Utopia and all its rules were created by a King. The King developed Utopia exactly as he wanted it to be. Therefore, Utopia is not a true communist, socialist or democratic state. While more likely “I would have liked to see rather than hope” for many living conditions, in the end the old English monarchy shines through. Did More really want to change the world? We will never know. The only answer I know is that Utopia and the idea of ​​the perfect state will be discussed for eternity. Huberman Sir Ernest BarkerMore