In History, as in every other human-related subject, injustice
is everywhere.
The invention of the circle, leading to the creation of the wheel, has
always been considered a milestone in the history of Mankind, same as,
for instance, the invention of fire, of the chastity belt, or of Coca-Cola
©.
That is so true.
The day it dawned upon him, the inventor of the circle helped us take a huge step forward towards this remarkable civilization – ours - in which people are finally able to spend most of their times comfortably seated, be it on a chair or in a car seat. It truly was a huge step forward, no question about it.
But this inventor's merits have been largely recognized, and celebrated
at length every single day, even in the most humble homes. Who indeed,
even among the humblest of us all, cannot afford at least one circle-shaped
napkin ring ? Which will be used, over and over again, for years to come,
at mealtimes. And is this not a daily celebration - humble maybe, but
meaningful ?
Nevertheless, there are events that, in the History of Man, have just
as big an impact, and yet, Heaven knows why, are hardly ever mentioned,
if at all.
A long, long time before the circle was even dreamed of, a man, whose
name is unknown to us, and who shall remain an anonymous shadow, made
an essential discovery that left its mark all over the world for all eternity.
That stupendous discovery was THE SQUARE.
The SQUARE
! This magical symbol within which the laws of nature and spirit reign
supreme, the geometrical symbol par excellence, thunder-struck by the
hypotenuse; this symbol of reason, of logic and even, we daresay, of ethics
and philosophy, influenced Mankind all the way to the chart of Human Rights,
for all of the Square's sides are equal, without distinction of race or
color, and its angles, all at 90°, never sharp, never obtuse; they
go by fours, like seasons, and their sum equals three hundred and sixty
degrees, which is the absolute best you can get in this department.
However - and we think this is properly outrageous - no-one has ever tried
to research the HISTORY OF THE SQUARE THROUGH THE AGES, nor to write an
eulogy about its many uses and its scarcely known underground incarnations,
to show how our daily lives are entirely conditioned by the Square's functions,
rules and regulations.
We are the very first to try and make up for this injustice.
All hail
the SQUARE, without which we couldn't aspire to be who we are.
All hail the SQUARE, which made Man who he is - a magnificent animal endowed
with the gift of reason, but also with many right angles and loads of
other goodies.
May these few pages - the fruit of a life of hard labor, research and
data compilation - insure that the Square finally gets recognized and
put in its rightful place.
All hail
the SQUARE, dash it !
