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Ideas disaggregated to the smallest pragmatically useful level—reusable across contexts without requiring decomposition. Atomic ideas can be recombined and linked, enabling richer navigation than compound concepts.
'The sublime' is an atomic idea. 'Burke's theory of the sublime in relation to Romantic poetry' is compound—it combines atomic ideas (the sublime, Burke, Romantic poetry) through relationships. Atomic ideas enable navigation; compound concepts lock understanding into single formulations.
Section 4.1: Atomic Ideas