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Épiméthée

Mythological figure

Appears in 7 videos · 7 passages, 6 of them in depth.

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani returns to Epimetheus from 2015 to 2023, always for the same episode: tasked with distributing qualities among the species, Epimetheus gives everything to the animals and has nothing left for man1. What he mainly draws from it is the consequence of this distribution: man remains naked, destitute and, as he says in 2015, not viable23. In 2023, he attributes this poor distribution to Epimetheus's imperfect mind4. The story comes up in sessions on varied subjects: zero, Greek mythology, an interview on exploitation, artificial intelligence, two sessions on worldliness in Clouscard and a session on contradictory identity ("I is another"). The passages do not say what link he draws with each of these themes. He also notes in passing that a PUF book series bears the name of Epimetheus5. From one session to the next, he presents the episode in much the same terms.

  1. 19 #21 Science et/ou philosophie de "l'Intelligence Artificielle"12 May 2021 · 1:43:08
  2. 2Z comme Zéro9 Jan 2015 · 7:27
  3. 3Dominique Pagani : « Ce qui menace les sociétés, ce sont les hommes et femmes bénéficiaires de l’exploitation des autres »12 Mar 2019 · 1:38:48
  4. 4La mondanité chez Clouscard : Aragon et la positivité du négatif29 Jun 2023 · 1:02:00
  5. 5La mondanité chez Clouscard - Le monde comme "ruse de la raison"22 Jul 2023 · 1:41:44

Summary produced automatically from 7 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Portrait: ÉpiméthéeWho is this?

In Greek mythology, Epimetheus ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἐπιμηθεύς, lit. 'afterthought') is the brother of Prometheus, with the complementary pair serving as archetypal representations of mankind. Both are sons of the Titan Iapetus; while Prometheus ("forethought, or foresight") is portrayed as ingeniously clever, Epimetheus ("afterthought, or hindsight") is considered inept and foolish. In some accounts of the myth, Epimetheus unleashes the unforeseen troubles in Pandora's box. […]

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