In the book by Thomas More (2005) written in the year 1516, he invites people to consider their ideal world or situation. This suggests the view that there shall be different perceptions of that ideal according to the person’s subjectivity.
More states;
I earnestly beg you would describe that island very particularly to us; be not too short, but set out in order all things relating to their soil, their rivers, their towns, their people, their manners, constitution, laws, and, in a word, all that you imagine we desire to know; (More, 2005)
He has invited the person to describe in detail what they would desire their ideal place or situation and how it should function. In short to describe their utopia from their own view ideal.
More further suggests:
If an accident has so lessened the number of the inhabitants of any of their towns that it cannot be made up from the other towns of the island without diminishing them too much (More, 2005)
Again More suggests an ideal situation, perfection despite changing situations to ensure an ideal balance is retained. How realistic an ideal may be is open to question.
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