Either this is madness or it is Hell.” “It is neither,” cal… - Edwin A. Abbott

" "
Either this is madness or it is Hell.” “It is neither,” calmly replied the voice of the Sphere, “it is Knowledge; it is Three Dimensions: open your eye once again and try to look steadily.

Edwin A. Abbott

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

All quotes from Edwin A. Abbott Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Edwin A. Abbott:

Edwin Abbott Abbott Friedrich Nietzsche Jack Vance Michel de Montaigne Aldous Huxley

Additional quotes by Edwin A. Abbott

I pointed out that in some less civilized States no female is suffered to stand in any public place without swaying her back from right to left.

so that even a Woman in reasonable health can journey several furlongs northward without much difficulty —

Distress not yourself if you cannot at first understand the deeper mysteries of Spaceland. By degrees they will dawn upon you.

Either this is madness or it is Hell.” “It is neither,” calmly replied the voice of the Sphere, “it is Knowledge; it is Three Dimensions: open your e… - Edwin A. Abbott

About Edwin A. Abbott

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Additional quotes by Edwin A. Abbott

Limited Time Offer