| If one looks at two of the oldest and best known | | | | element of moving beyond the permitted. What |
| stories about the development of human society, | | | | More and his like forget to allow for is the desire, |
| the story of the Garden of Eden in the Old | | | | perhaps even need to acquire both knowledge |
| Testament and the story of Pandora's Box in | | | | and material things. People will not be happy with |
| Greek mythology, one sees man is not satisfied | | | | just getting by or just having their necessaries. By |
| with being satisfied. | | | | nature people want more and will do whatever it |
| Adam and Eve lived in paradise where all of their | | | | takes to acquire it. A man rarely feels he has |
| comforts were provided for, soon however they | | | | enough and will continue to add to his personal |
| began to tire of paradise and want to look | | | | property until achieving the basic needs is long |
| beyond, into the forbidden zones. Similar events | | | | forgotten and surplus possessions are common. |
| occur in the Greek myth of Pandora. Mankind had | | | | Utopian writers have consistently minimized the |
| all the things needed to life a satisfied life, | | | | greed of members of the human race. The |
| however, Pandora opened the forbidden box and | | | | nature of man precludes the success of utopian |
| unleashed troubles and miseries on the human | | | | communities. One wonders how such writers |
| race. Even if one regards these stories as myth, | | | | conclude that imperfect beings, using imperfect |
| it is clear that Western Tradition contains a strong | | | | resources, could ever create a perfect society. |