Afterword

Summary

The book concludes by suggesting that the geometric figure, in Coleridge’s hands, changes character and begins to exhibit organic qualities so that it becomes a living, growing being. Coleridge occasionally substitutes his own geometry and embraces a wild geometry that rivals the long-established school of Euclidean thought. In this way, he obliquely joins the company of those who rivalled the authority of Euclid’s system.