This can be traced back to the pursuit of a fantasized edifice and a fictitious peaceful land in Utopia by Thomas More, which laid a foundation for the nihility of Utopia.

追其由来，可能来自于莫尔的《乌托邦》中海市蜃楼的追求和世外桃源的梦境之说，由此也奠定了乌托邦虚无的根基，自然给贬抑者以可攻击的最原始的靶子。

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The Republic is also a utopia, a word that Plato does not use, was not coined until many, many centuries later by Sir Thomas More.

理想国》也是乌托邦，一个柏拉图不使用的词汇，直到数个世纪之后,才由Sir，Thomas，More，杜撰出来。

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