They speak about 'right' or 'wrong' as vehemently and passionately as if they believed that these names represented real existences, and that a human… - Edwin A. Abbott

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They speak about 'right' or 'wrong' as vehemently and passionately as if they believed that these names represented real existences, and that a human figure is really capable of choosing between them.

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About Edwin A. Abbott

Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 December 1838 – 12 October 1926) was an English schoolmaster and theologian, most famous as the author of the social satire Flatland (1884), widely noted for its use of mathematical dimensions in religious and political allegories.

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