Ku sii qor faqradan - Sida uu qabo qaamuuska "Philosophical Dictionary", fikradaha proto-utopian waxay bilaabaan horaantii xilligii Giriiggii hore iyo Roomaanka, khaa'imiintii qarniyadii dhexe, kacdoonka beeraleyda
waxayna ku dhisantahay xilligii maalgashiga hore, dib-u-habeynta iyo Renaissance (Hus, Müntzer, More, Campanella), kacaanada dimoqraadiga ah (Meslier, Morelly, Mably, Winstanley, markii dambe Babeufists, Blanquists,) iyo xilligii horumarka kacsan ee maalgashiga oo iftiimiyay iska horimaadyada bulshada maalgashiga (Saint-Simon, Fourier, Owen, Cabet, Lamennais, Proudhon iyo kuwa raacsan).