Adam et Ève

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani discusses Adam and Eve mainly through the episode of the tree of knowledge. He sees in it a fault willed by God that brings humanity out of animality: it gives rise to shame at being naked, to labour, and to giving birth in pain1. He notes that when the serpent, a liar, announces the fruit of knowledge, it tells the truth for once2. He connects this story to Germanic mythology as Wagner takes it up in Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods): just as Adam and Eve taste the fruit of the tree, Wotan drinks from the spring of knowledge3. He sees this as one and the same myth, found in the desert as in the North4. Elsewhere, the couple serves as a reference point for thinking about transmission: if what is passed on never changed, we would repeat what they said to Abel and Cain5. He also notes that in a novel he discusses, the teacher refuses to start history with Adam and Eve6.

1. 1JE ne suis pas celui que vous croyez - L'identité introuvable4 Jan 2024 · 44:23
2. 2La quête du Graal, bondieuserie ou sacrilège ?1 Apr 2024 · 1:58:26
3. 39 #18 Le Crépuscule des dieux ou de la répétition à la libération3 Apr 2021 · 1:03:57
4. 49 #18 Le Crépuscule des dieux ou de la répétition à la libération3 Apr 2021 · 1:25:08
5. 5#5.1 bis FaceBook Live / Questions2 Nov 2018 · 30:14
6. 6#2.8 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?1 Aug 2017 · 1:42:47

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