What Dominique Pagani says
Dominique Pagani often returns to two texts attributed to John: the prologue of the Gospel and the Book of Revelation. In "In the beginning was the Word", he stresses that the word archè also means "principle", in the double sense of beginning and essence1. He reads in it the idea that language is sacred because it binds2, and he compares this with the approach of mathematicians, who also start from statements. Above all, he takes up John's definition of evil as lying: the devil is "a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:44), and lying gathers together all the kinds of evil3. Yet he departs from this by considering a necessary lie that does not belong to evil4. In Revelation, he notes that evil is defined as the one who accuses his brothers, not as sin5. He also notes there the condemnation of lukewarmness, and above all the heavenly Jerusalem coming down to earth: a reconciled city, without a temple, where the water of life is given freely, a salvation on earth, hic et nunc6.
- 1Musicosophie 15. Platon, Rouseau, Hegel et la musique9 Feb 2021 · 1:48
- 2#2.2 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?15 Feb 2016 · 40:27
- 3#8 • Les Attelé(e)s de la confinitude17 May 2020 · 11:39
- 4#9 • Retour aux logiques du sujet30 May 2020 · 19:25
- 5Le Mal ou la "déconnaissance" de soi2 Dec 2024 · 4:47
- 6La mondanité chez Clouscard ou les privilèges pour tous18 May 2023 · 1:16:30
Summary produced automatically from 25 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.
Season 7 · 17 May 2020#8 • Harnessed to confinitude- 11:39Gospel of Saint JohnJohn 8:44: the devil, a murderer from the beginning, is a liar and the father of lies; the essence of evil is defined as lying.
- 13:15Book of Revelation"Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers... and all who love and practice lying": lying gathers together all the species of evil.
- 46:22The apostle would be thinking more of lying to oneself than of a child's lie.
- 1:14:54Gospel of Saint JohnHe re-reads the two passages; "principle" has the double meaning of beginning and essence.
Season 13 · 2 Dec 2024Evil, or the "unknowing" of the self- 4:47Book of RevelationThe Apocalypse defines evil as the one who accused our brothers before the Eternal, not as sin.
- 41:06Gospel of Saint JohnIn the previous discussion, the prince of this world is already defeated because his essence is lying.
Season 12 · 18 Feb 2024Secularism, the truth of religion?- 1:56:52Book of RevelationRevelation ends with the heavenly Jerusalem descending to earth and the free gift to whoever is hungry and thirsty.
Season 11 · 18 May 2023Worldliness in Clouscard, or privileges for all- 1:16:30Book of RevelationThe end of the Apocalypse shows the heavenly Jerusalem descending to earth: a reconciled city, without a temple, where the water of life is free.
Season 10 · 6 Oct 202110#2 Dialectics of identity and difference- 1:42:51The only gospel that begins with the word; he has the vision of the Apocalypse at Patmos.
Season 8 · 30 May 2020#9 • Return to the logics of the subject- 8:20Gospel of JohnThe prince of this world has lying as his essence; he is a liar and the father of lies; the text is clear enough not to need interpretation.
- 19:25He departs from the evangelist by envisaging a necessary lie that is not of the order of evil.
Season 4 · 15 Mar 2018#4.6 Angélique (by Nerval)- 1:56:03Book of RevelationThe heavenly Jerusalem descends: salvation becomes earthly, hic et nunc.
Season 4 · 11 Dec 2017#4.3 Angélique (by Nerval)- 1:03:13Gospel of John"The prince of this world comes and his essence is falsehood."
- 1:33:47Book of RevelationEvil is the one who accused our brothers; the heavenly Jerusalem descends and becomes a city.
Season 2 · 18 Feb 2016#2.3 Between crisis and war: Philosophising?- 22:30Gospel of Saint JohnHis gospel begins with the Word and he writes the Apocalypse at Patmos; master of the logos named by a mute father.
Season 1 · 11 Dec 2015#1.7 Between crisis and war: Philosophising?- 14:32Book of RevelationIn the Gospel and Revelation, lying is the generic name of evil; the prince of this world has lying as his essence.
Series · 3 Aug 2022SCHUBERT - THE DIVINE CAPTIVES • Pagani Parle Musique- 12:00Book of RevelationHe attributes to him the cry "O death, where is thy victory!" to describe the ending of Proust's text.
Talks · 14 Jul 2022From Plato to world revolution, by Dominique Pagani- 56:00Book of Revelation"You are neither cold nor hot, you are lukewarm": condemnation of lukewarmness, against the extreme center.
Series · 23 May 2021From the lost voice to the path of modernity • From modal music to tonal music • D Pagani- 17:48Not to be confused with John the Baptist.
Series · 9 Feb 2021Musicosophy 15. Plato, Rousseau, Hegel and music- 1:48Gospel of Saint John"In the beginning was the word": the word archè also means principle.
Season 6 · 19 Feb 2020#6.5 • The Logic of the Subject in the face of the reconstitution of Nazism- 16:00Passage listed.
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Season 6 · 8 Jan 2020#6.3 • The Logic of the Subject in the face of the reconstitution of Nazism- 48:36The intellectual: "In the beginning was the Logos."
Season 5.2 · 30 Jun 2019#5.8 Nature or Landscape?- 35:00Passage listed.
Season 5.2 · 26 Mar 2019#5.5 Nature or Landscape?- 1:28:09Book of Revelation"Let whoever is thirsty drink freely."
Season 2 · 15 Feb 2016#2.2 Between crisis and war: Philosophising?- 40:27Gospel of John"In the beginning was the word": language is sacred because it binds together.
Season 1 · 10 Dec 2015#1.4 Between crisis and war: Philosophising?- 52:50Gospel of Saint John"In the beginning was the Word": mathematicians too start from statements.
Season 1 · 10 Dec 2015#1.6 Between crisis and war: Philosophising?- 55:03Gospel of Saint JohnThe prologue: in the beginning was the Word.