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In part two of Marx\u2019s doctoral dissertation (beginning on page 26 of the above link), the central message is that Epicurus\u2019 historical importance resides in the way he develops the concept of the atom. What may seem like the \u201carbitrary vagaries\u201d of Epicurus\u2019 thought\u2014like random additions to Democritus\u2019 notion of the atom\u2014are, according to Marx, necessary moments in the development of the concept. Discuss this aspect of Marx\u2019s reconstruction of Epicureanism. Be sure to include a treatment of the following: the assertion that Epicurus\u2019 development of the concept of the atom is the development of an inherent contradiction within the concept (a contradiction between form and matter, or essence and existence), and the claim that the true principle of Epicurus\u2019 philosophy is self-consciousness as abstract individual self-consciousness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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