Philippe de Macédoine

Summary

Dominique Pagani always refers to Philip of Macedon in the same way, as the figure who marks the end of the Greek city-state. He presents him as Alexander's father and as the ruler who subdued Athens by force of arms1. What he mainly takes from him is a gap in timing: Philip prepares the absorption of Greece at the very moment when Plato and Aristotle are teaching23, and while the Athenians debate, he prepares the offensive that will replace the city-state with the Empire. His threat makes the model of the city-state obsolete. Depending on the session, he describes it as battering-ram blows struck at Athens from the north, or as the city-state collapsing before the Macedonian Empire. He connects this figure to the question of the crisis of the city-state, which he takes up when speaking of philosophy, the science of history, art and secularism, where Philip wants to swallow Athens in one bite despite Socrates4.

1. 1Dialectics of hesitation and decision13 Nov 2022 · 9:37
2. 2#1.8 Between crisis and war: philosophising?28 Jan 2016 · 29:05
3. 3Hegel on the Beach 4/52 Feb 2016 · 1:32:37
4. 4Secularism, the truth of religion?18 Feb 2024 · 1:40:01

Summary produced automatically from 11 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.