The Islands of Wisdom
Die Inseln der Weisheit is a 1922 novel by Alexander Moszkowski that features expeditions to various utopian and dystopian islands that embody various social-political ideas of European philosophy and extrapolates them for their absurdities when they are put into practice.
The novel's "island of technology" Sarragalla anticipates mobile telephones and a thorough mechanization of life.
The satire of utopias also reproduces the society described in Plato's The Republic.
Characters
- Alexander Moszkowski, author and first-person narrator
- Donath Flohr, friend of the narrator
- Mr. Mac Lintock, multimillionaire from Chicago
- Eva Mac Lintock, his niece
- Ralph Kreyher, captain of the ship Atalanta
- Geo Rotteck, ship's officer
- Dr. Melchior Wehner, ship's doctor