Point and Circle: A Philosophical Reflection

The point and the circle represent some of the most ancient and fundamental symbols. Both are closed objects. But if the point is a “thing in itself,” then the circle can prove to be universal. The point, expanding, becomes a circle, and the circle, contracting, transforms into a point.

The point, properly speaking, is an abstraction, since it has no parameters of magnitude. But without volume, without area, and without length, it fills all volumes, areas, and lengths. In other words, being nothing, the point creates all objects existing in the world. The point is the material of creation, the fabric of all forms. The number of points would express the largest number in the universe. But the universe itself is also a kind of point in some super-universe.

If, expanding, each point is capable of becoming a circle, this means that potentially the number of points and circles can be equal. At the same time, each circle consists of an infinite number of points, which, in turn, can transform into circles.

But not every point is destined to become a circle: a circle has neither end nor beginning. A circle begins and does not begin with a point. Being woven from points, it is also independent of them.

The point and circle are whole and harmonious. The point has hidden harmony, the circle has open harmony. But the circle is not an open object, therefore it can prove to be not only sacred or magical, but also vicious. Everything depends on the points that form the circle.

Every human being is a point in the universe, but each human being has their own circles.