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At the beginning of the 16th century, Thimas used a novel, Utopia, to open people's imagination to the concept of a virtual city, and "utopia" since then has been a powerful drive for civilized socities to improve, reflects man's tireless pursuit of his ideas and desires.

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Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

At the beginning of the 16th century, Thimas used a novel, Utopia, to open people's imagination to the concept of a virtual city, and "utopia" since then has been a powerful drive for civilized socities to improve, reflects man's tireless pursuit of his ideas and desires.

The author was Thomas More, not 'Thimas'. 'Utopia' was the name of his fictitious country, not of a city. I would call it an ideal country or society, not a virtual one. I'd also make a few changes to the latter part of the sentence.

At the beginning of the 16th century, Thomas More used a novel, Utopia, to open people's imagination to the concept of an ideal society, and since then, the concept of 'Utopia' has driven civilized socities to improve and to reflect man's tireless pursuit of his ideals.

If you are writing an essay, you might want to note these couple of points. First, today the word 'utopia' is normally used to describe an impossibly perfect state of affairs. Second, 'Utopia' was written at about the same time as Machiavelli wrote 'The Prince', which offers a very opposite philosophy.

Best wishes, Clive

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