Die Inseln der Weisheit (The Islands of Wisdom) 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
References
External links Die Inseln der Weisheit (First edition) by Internet Archive (German) Die Inseln der Weisheit by Projekt Gutenberg-DE (German)