Ideal institutions channel human nature constructively.
유일국에서 시민들은 이름 대신 숫자를 가졌다.
Day 3 · 목표 ⭐
More's genius was designing a society that did not demand perfection from its citizens but instead created conditions in which ordinary human beings, given the right environment, would naturally behave well.
D-503은 유리로 된 도시에 살았으며, 그곳에서는 모든 시간이 '시간표'에 의해 정해지고, 행복이라는 이름 아래 사생활이라는 개념이 공식적으로 폐지되었다.
2Reading· 오늘의 본문
We · Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1924
In the island nation of Utopia, the streets are clean, the people are content, and crime is almost unheard of. This is not because its citizens are saints, but because their society is carefully designed. Work is shared, property is communal, and education is valued by all. The system removes the usual reasons for greed and conflict. People live in simple, pleasant houses and have plenty of free time for learning and leisure. More imagined a world where the environment itself guides behavior. In such a place, being good doesn't require heroic effort; it becomes the natural, easy choice. The structure of daily life supports virtue.
B2 · 128 wordsavg 25.6 w/s
Thomas More's 'Utopia' presents a profound thought experiment: a society whose institutions are meticulously crafted to align with, rather than suppress, fundamental human inclinations. Recognizing that human nature is malleable, More's fictional republic constructs an environment in which communal ownership negates avarice, universal education fosters reason, and a six-hour workday eliminates drudgery. The genius lies not in expecting moral perfection from individuals, but in architecting a civic framework that channels self-interest towards the common good. In Utopia, virtue is not a private struggle against a corrupting system but a public habit cultivated by a beneficent one. The narrative suggests that character is less an inherent trait and more a product of social architecture, where the right conditions elicit our better selves. What makes Utopia endure as a work of literature is precisely this refusal to offer easy consolation — it demands that readers sit with the discomfort of a world that does not resolve neatly, and find their own position within it.
C1 · 170 wordsavg 34.0 w/s
3Vocabulary· 핵심 어휘 & 연습
genius
천재성, 비범한 재능
More's genius was in designing a society that worked with human nature.
designing
설계하다, 고안하다
He spent years designing the perfect institutions for his island.
demand
요구하다
The system does not demand impossible virtue from ordinary people.
perfection
완벽, 완전
Utopian law does not expect moral perfection from its citizens.
conditions
조건, 환경
The right social conditions encourage people to behave well naturally.
Activity 1 · 빈칸 채우기5 questions
1. Every hour of D-503's life was carefully ____ by the Table of Hours.
2. The ____ of privacy did not exist in the One State.
3. Individual names were ____ and replaced with numbers.
4. The glass walls guaranteed there was no ____ for citizens.
5. The State was ____ declared to represent perfect happiness.