Copernic

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani takes Copernicus as the typical example of emerging from an illusion1. In his view, the geocentric illusion is not simply a falsehood to be set against the truth: the false is the inverse of the true, so overturning it requires a revolution, all the more so as the subject has an interest in the error23. Copernicus introduces a vision opposed to that of the eye, which consists in conceiving before seeing4. He stresses that this astronomical revolution cannot be reduced to the motion of the Earth. He points out that heliocentrism comes from Copernicus, not Galileo5. Reading *On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres*, he notes that Copernicus places the Sun at the centre and enlarges the bubble of the world, but still conceives the universe as finite6. He takes up the idea of a first collective narcissistic wound: man discovers that he revolves on the periphery7. He also links Copernicus to Kant, who makes the image of the spectator set in rotation the symbol of his own Copernican revolution. Finally, he extends this model as far as Lenin and political analysis.

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4. 4Platon14 Sept 2015 · 1:18:40
5. 59 #17 La métaphore géopolitique • Planck • Descartes • Clouscard • Dominique Pagani17 Mar 2021 · 27:59
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7. 7Robert (Marthe)8 Jan 2020 · 1:49:57

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