Spiral

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani presents the spiral as the dialectical synthesis of the line, which progresses, and the circle, which repeats. One goes back, but never to zero: each turn keeps the previous ones and the radius grows1. He associates it with Hegel, in whom the system returns to its starting point enriched by a determination2. He also distinguishes it from the reactionary circle and from the straight line that claims to be progressive3. In Leibniz, he connects it to the handing down of the tool, which means the next generation does not start again from zero: it is a synthesis of repetition and liberation4. In music, he sees it in the variation of a theme, which he prefers to its repetition5. He takes the example of the Rhinemaidens returning in another key in *Götterdämmerung*, where he hears a spiral rather than eternal recurrence6. Finally, he describes his own method in these terms: his workshops circle round and move forward through successive shifts, so that one can enter them through any video.

1. 1"La parole est la meilleure et la pire des choses" (Esope)19 Oct 2022 · 17:12
2. 2Hegel Plage 3/52 Feb 2016 · 1:34:52
3. 3#2 - Les Attelé(e)s de la Confinitude30 Mar 2020 · 1:10:30
4. 4Leibniz1 Aug 2017 · 23:37
5. 5Leur "Europe", c'est la guerre.28 Feb 2026 · 5:23
6. 69 #19 Le Crépuscule des dieux ou de la répétition à la libération • Partie 214 Apr 2021 · 4:36

Summary produced automatically from 13 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.