By far the most significant fact about The Answer so far revealed is that it is "an ideal".

Oh drat - that's the fact that's confusing all my other thoughts. Better sleep on this one then.

[CdM] Miranda Huxley? NO

PS. [Phil] Bear in mind that there is more than one meaning for the word "ideal"...

[Raak] Perfectly Plato? NO

My Greek O-level already reminded me of that :-)

OOPS!!! That was me, not Projoy, sorry!

[Projoy, er Phil] A writer? YES

[INJ] Psychological condition? NO

Another recap: This ABSTRACT - which could be called "an ideal" - is associated with two people: a European (non-British) fictional character from the period 1000-1900CE and a real person (from the same period), who was a writer. It could also be associated with the author (also from the same period) who created the fictional character, who is not the same person as the real-person-writer, and is not Shakespeare, Gilbert, Sullivan, Marx nor Engels. There is a strong philosophy connection, altho it is not "a philosophy" per se, nor "an attitude" nor "a belief system", but is connected to these ideas. There are also science and religion connections. It is not a law, stoicism, eponymous, a platonic ideal, to do with sport, anarcho-syndicalism, a psychological condition, a cult, a method of cooking, a field of study, Man and Superman, "Brave New World" nor to do with education. It could be argued that it is country/culture specific, but also that it isn't (I think no is the most helpful answer).

Anarcho-syndicalists would associate The Answer with Anarcho-syndicalism. Gay rights campaigners would associate it with gay rights.

[Chalky] M&S? NO, see my reply to INJ. Not Nietzsche, Shaw or Siegel and Shuster.

[Raak] Utopia? VERY NEARLY!! *tumultuous applause*

[INJ] Lost world? NO *some applause*