# Many of the Highest Circles — Flatland character guide

> Many of the Highest Circles in Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** many of the highest Circles , sitting as judges in law courts, their

**First appearance:** 0013-x-of-the-suppression-of-the-chromatic-sedition

## Who they are

Elite judges from the priestly class who enforce Flatland's laws.

## Relationships

### [The Circles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/characters/the_circles)

_professional_

The Highest Circles and Circles share a professional relationship as part of the ruling class, collaborating in governance.

## In the story

### [Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/chapters/preface-to-the-second-and-revised-edition-1884)

The Chief Circle (High Priest) is mentioned visiting the Square in prison and challenging him to measure 'high-ness'.

### [III: Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/chapters/iii-concerning-the-inhabitants-of-flatland)

Mentioned as the judges and rulers who maintain the aristocratic constitution and suppress sedition.

### [VI: Of Recognition by Sight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/chapters/vi-of-recognition-by-sight)

Referenced as the elite who can afford the education in Sight Recognition and who discourage Feeling among their children.

### [IX: Of the Universal Colour Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/chapters/ix-of-the-universal-colour-bill)

The highest Circles are described as wavering and undecided in the face of revolutionary demands.

### [X: Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/chapters/x-of-the-suppression-of-the-chromatic-sedition)

Many of the highest Circles are mentioned as having fallen prey to conjugal fury during the triennial agitation, with twenty-three Circles perishing in domestic discord.

### [XII: Of the Doctrine of Our Priests](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/chapters/xii-of-the-doctrine-of-our-priests)

These judges and fathers use praise and blame in practice despite the doctrine, and scold their children using terms like 'right' and 'wrong.'

### [XXII: How I Then Tried to Diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by Other Means, and of the Result](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/chapters/xxii-how-i-then-tried-to-diffuse-the-theory-of-three-dimensions-by-other-means-and-of-the-result)

The Square's dangerous utterances occur among the highest Polygonal and Circular society; the President orders cheaper guards for the trial.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flatland_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in the note about separate entrances for lower classes.

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