Pity

pitié

Worked through in 3 videos · 5 passages.

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani first approaches pity through Nietzsche, for whom it is the anti-value par excellence: to feel pity is to remain still human, all too human1. On this reading, humanity could only be renewed by passing through a total absence of pity2. He calls the consequences of this idea terrifying. He also notes that this repressed pity returns in the Turin madness, where the mistreated horse embodies suffering humanity3. In a 2024 session on the Grail quest, pity appears in a different light, as what instructs and moves to action. The promise announces the coming of the pure fool "instructed by pity"4. It is then pity before the Fisher King's suffering that makes Parsifal decide to take up the spear again5. The passages thus show two treatments: pity rejected as a value by Nietzsche, and pity as the driving force behind Parsifal's action.

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Season 12 · 1 Apr 2024The quest for the Grail, sanctimony or sacrilege?

1:22:14The promise: the pure fool will come, instructed by pity.
1:48:04It is pity at the fisher king's suffering that decides Parsifal to seize the spear.

Series · 27 Jul 2022NIETZSCHE - NO PITY FOR WAGNER • Pagani Parle Musique

14:47Nietzsche's counter-value par excellence: one must pass through total absence of pity to renew humanity.

Series · 4 Jan 2015U for Übermensch

5:54This is the antivalue par excellence for Nietzsche: to feel pity is to be still human, all too human. The consequences of this idea are terrifying.
9:09Repressed pity returns in the madness of Turin, where the mistreated horse embodies suffering humanity.