The document contrasts utopias and dystopias. Utopias depict ideal societies with perfect social, political, economic, and environmental conditions. They include ecological utopias that emphasize harmony with nature, economic utopias with equal distribution of goods and no money, political utopias with world peace, and science and technology utopias set in the future with advanced living standards. Dystopias, on the other hand, depict societies with extremely poor living conditions due to oppression, deprivation, or terror. Common themes in dystopias include class systems, loss of individuality, attacks on religion and family, urban settings separated from nature, oppressive governments, and economies with rich and poor classes but no middle class
Here is the presentation on two fictions Dystopia Vs Utopia. In this I described defination of both fiction and differences between them and also give the characteristics of both. I give examples from the real word and also from the Literature like movies and novels.
Here is the presentation on two fictions Dystopia Vs Utopia. In this I described defination of both fiction and differences between them and also give the characteristics of both. I give examples from the real word and also from the Literature like movies and novels.
Like all Stoic philosophers, Marcus Aurelius never asks why bad things happen to good people, why the virtuous suffer while the evil prosper, how God can permit suffering in a perfect world. Not only are these questions never asked by the stoics; stoics see these questions as simply absurd. Marcus Aurelius is aware that “good and evil happen indiscriminately to the good and the bad.” Furthermore, “death and life, honor and dishonor, pain and pleasure – all these things happen equally to good men and bad, being things which make us neither better nor worse. Therefore, they are neither good nor evil.” The Stoics never only ask why bad things happen to good people, rather they ask, bad things happen to both good people and bad, good things happen to both bad and good people, sometimes more, sometimes less, so what? If you are poor, be virtuous in your poverty, if you are rich, be virtuous in your wealth, always be generous, you can live a virtuous life regardless of your station in life.
The last of the good emperors, Marcus Aurelius was both an emperor and a stoic philosopher, living a stoic life of moderation while ruling the Empire out of a sense of duty. He wrote the Meditations in Greek in his tent while on campaign fighting against the Germanic tribes. His biggest inspiration came from studying Epictetus, the stoic philosopher who was a former slave of a former slave.
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Like all Stoic philosophers, Marcus Aurelius never asks why bad things happen to good people, why the virtuous suffer while the evil prosper, how God can permit suffering in a perfect world. Not only are these questions never asked by the stoics; stoics see these questions as simply absurd. Marcus Aurelius is aware that “good and evil happen indiscriminately to the good and the bad.” Furthermore, “death and life, honor and dishonor, pain and pleasure – all these things happen equally to good men and bad, being things which make us neither better nor worse. Therefore, they are neither good nor evil.” The Stoics never only ask why bad things happen to good people, rather they ask, bad things happen to both good people and bad, good things happen to both bad and good people, sometimes more, sometimes less, so what? If you are poor, be virtuous in your poverty, if you are rich, be virtuous in your wealth, always be generous, you can live a virtuous life regardless of your station in life.
The last of the good emperors, Marcus Aurelius was both an emperor and a stoic philosopher, living a stoic life of moderation while ruling the Empire out of a sense of duty. He wrote the Meditations in Greek in his tent while on campaign fighting against the Germanic tribes. His biggest inspiration came from studying Epictetus, the stoic philosopher who was a former slave of a former slave.
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3. Varieties of Utopia
Ecological Utopia
Economic Utopia
Political Utopia
Religious Utopia
Science and Technology Utopia
4. Ecological Utopia
A traditional way of life that is more in harmony with
nature.
An organic way of life
5.
6. Economic Utopia
an equal distribution of goods,
frequently with the total abolition
of money, and citizens only doing
work which they enjoy and which is
for the common good, leaving them
with ample time for the cultivation
of the arts and sciences.
7.
8. Political Utopia
World Peace, Global Oneness
Everyone getting along regardless of race, culture,
political beliefs.
A world without war.
12. Science and Technology Utopia
Set in the future
Utopian Living Standards: absence of death and
suffering, changes in human nature and the human
condition (Star Trek)
13.
14. Dystopia
An imaginary place or state
in which the condition of life
is extremely bad, as from
deprivation, oppression, or
terror.
16. Society
Examples:
Class System
People referred to as numbers rather than names
People are cloned so there are several of the same people, they
are uniform and lose individuality (Brave New World)
People required
to “not excel” and lose their competence
17.
18. Social Groups
Examples:
Concept of religion under attack
Concept of families no longer exists
19.
20. Nature
Examples:
Settings of dystopias are frequently urban
Separate all characters from any contact with nature
People are conditioned to be afraid of nature
21.
22. Politics
Examples:
Governing class is hedonistic or shallow
Negative consequences, oppressive
Pessimistic views of governing class – brutal, uncaring
23.
24. Economics
Examples:
Black markets for goods that are difficult to get
Governing class controls everything
Big businesses have control and are corrupt
25.
26. Utopia Vs. Dystopia
Utopia Dystopia
Society Equality of all people Classes, caste system
View on future Optimistic, upbeat Pessimistic, downbeat
Form of government Democracy Regime
Education
Equal and advancing
education
Propaganda
Economy
No money, equal
distribution of goods
Rich and poor people, no
middle class
Legislation
Fair system of
punishment
Unfair and excessive
punishment
Atmosphere
Happy, harmonic
families
Unfortunate, unlucky
people
