Hyppolite

Summary

Dominique Pagani sees Hyppolite above all as the translator of the Phenomenology of Spirit published by Aubier, which shaped almost all French commentaries1. He considers this translation the most suitable, even though it is out of print2. He therefore makes it available to the workshop's members3. He often compares it with more recent translations. He discusses some of its choices: "réalité effective" for Wirklichkeit, which he finds laborious4, "extranéation" for Entäußerung, "déterminabilité", "l'éclat de son œil". He also points out the subheadings Hyppolite added and a mistranslation of a hapax5. He takes up one of his ideas: Hegel sought to reconcile the ancient city and Christian subjectivity, "our Greek leg and our Christian leg", and this opposition remains our problem67. He also quotes his note on death, the absolute master, and says he attended his lectures8. For him, Hyppolite is one of those who introduced Hegel to France. He recalls his role at the École normale, his presence at Lacan's seminar and the fact that he was D'Hondt's teacher.

1. 1Hegel on the Beach 1/51 Feb 2016 · 27:21
2. 2#10.2 Dialectics of identity and difference6 Oct 2021 · 7:59
3. 3#6 Presentation of the dominiquepagani.fr website26 Nov 2020 · 39:30
4. 4Hegel on the Beach 3/52 Feb 2016 · 12:51
5. 5The Phenomenology of Spirit2 Jul 2018 · 54:16
6. 6#2.6 Between crisis and war: philosophising?1 Aug 2017 · 1:40:39
7. 7#4.6 Angélique (by Nerval)15 Mar 2018 · 41:20
8. 8#10.4 From Lascaux to modern music, the permanence of the political stakes in aesthetics3 Nov 2021 · 1:31:00

Summary produced automatically from 38 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.