Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? In Flatland, A Square's linear world is invaded by a Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, the novel enlarges readers' imaginations beyond the limits of our 'respective dimensional prejudices'. - ,'Upward, yet not Northward.'How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delight ...