Euclid was a brainfuck to read in pure propositional form . The idea that he discovered this on his own in ancient times is beyond believable . In a sense , I do not see any explicit link from Euclid to our understanding of thought experiments but in a way his propositions are innately thought experimental in nature . They are ideas Euclid generated to help people understand Geometry of that era which is still in use today . His earlier propositions are used to backup his most famous one . In a way , they resemble humans . We are not solely made up of points and lines but everything that came before us and to understand what we know now , we need to understand what came before us . Then again , this is but my reading on it . Flatland seemed like it would have been a fascinating text to get in to but unfortunately I did not have time to read it as well . From the discussion in class , I glean that it is effectively social commentary on our society with class systems based on perceived differences when in reality we are all the same 2 D beings . Flatland perhaps exaggerates some of these differences with regards to how women and lower classes are treated . But as in several novella ' s , perhaps it is written as such so those that are blind to it are made awares .