Minos

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Minos in passing, always as a secondary figure of the Cretan cycle, without extended commentary. He cites him mostly in connection with Daedalus: Minos is the king whose engineer Daedalus is1, the master of this slave2, who has him build the labyrinth3 in which the Minotaur is shut away4. According to a 2023 passage, the labyrinth is commissioned to hide the Minotaur5. He also presents him as the deceived husband of Pasiphaë6 and as the father of Phaedra and Ariadne78. On two occasions he recalls that this king of Crete becomes a judge in the underworld39. These mentions recur between 2017 and 2024 in sessions on varied subjects: Freud, Schumann, the Greeks and music, Nerval and Baudelaire, desire, worldliness in Clouscard, the essence of evil. The passages do not specify the question being addressed each time. Minos serves as a genealogical and narrative reference point for placing Daedalus, the labyrinth, Phaedra or Ariadne.

1. 1Schumann2 May 2019 · 9:21
2. 29 #24 "C'est réglé comme du papier à musique !" • Nerval • Baudelaire • 2ème partie30 Jun 2021 · 1:23:48
3. 3Freud1 Aug 2017 · 1:26:29
4. 4L'essence du mal - Innocence de la nature, horreur du naturalisme !17 Dec 2024 · 41:55
5. 5La mondanité chez Clouscard - Le monde comme "ruse de la raison"22 Jul 2023 · 1:11:24
6. 6#2.7 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?1 Aug 2017 · 8:35
7. 7Musicosophie 7. Les Grecs, le mythe et la musique17 Dec 2020 · 23:43
8. 8La PHILO avec PAGANI : D comme DÉSIR29 May 2023 · 7:09
9. 9#9 Bien-et Mé-faits de l'amnésie...17 Dec 2020 · 1:10:01

Summary produced automatically from 9 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.