On the conceptual diversity of the line considered through Epicurean Atomism

Abstract

As a preceding work to criticize the practice of eclecticism caused by the definition of line, this article aims to reveal the internal contradictory structure and conceptual diversity of 'the line'. Above all, I want to set the primary goal of extracting various meanings that will be discovered if we break away from the unilinear causal relationship created by lines and dots. To this end, this paper applies the natural philosophy of Epicurus as explained by Karl Marx to identify the meaning and value of 'awareness of internal contradiction', and further examines the certainty within myself and the fate of ataraxia. In this way, the diversity of lines dealt with in this paper will reveal the internal conflict of the definition of lines and at the same time show that ‘resistance to the absolute power of universality’ is a driving force for self-confidence in the era of great digital transformation.