And so the ache for meaning goes unrelieved." Utopia as a philosophy is also reflected in McMillian's discussion of the nature of this concept in the post-modern society or the society that is information technology-oriented. He asserted that "...utopia doesn't always have to be a particular type of society; it can also be a process, a liberated way of thinking, an exercise in collective self-definition," an argument that presents More's revolutionary concept as a flexible and abstract, rather than concrete, idea. In effect, More's "Utopia" is considered as beneficial to society in all its nature and aspects and can be applied throughout society's path to development and progress. Where in the previous centuries Utopia is a concrete idea, this...

It had gradually metamorphosed to being a new kind of philosophy that gave hope for humanity that they can attain perfection, and it is only through perseverance and subsistence to the belief that humanity can indeed attain perfection. "Utopia" opened the doors of the human mind, allowing it to contemplate impossibilities turning into possibilities, and abstract ideas into realities.
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