“Behold yon miserable creature. That Point is a Being like ourselves, but confined to the non-dimensional Gulf. He is himself his own World, his own Universe; of any other than himself he can form no conception; he knows not Length, nor Breadth, nor Height, for he has had no experience of them; he has no cognizance even of the number Two; nor has he a thought of Plurality, for he is himself his One and All, being really Nothing. Yet mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn this lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy.”
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annalee:
@oldernow Ah sorry that was the one! Sadly I was not aware that is was good or bad geometry in Flatland, I could only really understand the satire and metaphor stuff. I must ask my brother what he thought! Happy Christmas to you too :-)
nikonphoto80:
i really like that, i have never read any of his stuff, but that is well written.