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Talks · 4 Jun 2023PHILOSOPHY with PAGANI: E for ENFANCE (CHILDHOOD)

12:56The island isolates and separates more deeply in the imaginary; it refers back to the maternal womb, the fetus being an island in the amniotic fluid.
17:36The symbol without which Rousseau cannot be understood, from childhood to Ermenonville.

Series · 23 Sept 2014#3 The myth of the noble savage in Rousseau!

18:45The island pursues Rousseau throughout his life; it isolates and shelters the hunted man.
32:07The island is a metonymy of the refuge of last resort when injustice and violence become unbearable.