![]() Square tries to explain the existence of dimensions beyond Pointland, but again is unsuccessful: A final journey is made to Pointland where there are no dimensions and the sole occupant, a Point, is the entire universe. Unfortunately, Sphere cannot accept these ideas and sends Square back to Flatland for suggesting them. While in Spaceland, a three-dimensional world like ours, Square comes to suggest a fourth and potentially even higher dimensions may exist. ![]() However, Sphere only appears as a circle in Flatland and Square is reluctant to believe him until he is taken to visit Spaceland for himself! Following his dream, Square is visited by a Sphere back in Flatland who tells him of a third dimension. While in Lineland, Square tries to convince the monarch of a second dimension but is unable to. Their world is described by a Square, a mathematician of the gentleman class, who lays out the realities of life in two-dimensions and the history of their world.Īfter thoroughly explaining Flatland, Square dreams of Lineland where there is only one dimension occupied by lines and points who cannot pass by each other. The more sides one has, the higher his status. Women are simple lines and men are polygons with any number of sides. Read Free: Gutenberg, Wikisource, or Feedbooksįlatland is set in a two-dimensional world where people are geometric shapes.Title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. ![]()
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