Summary Dominique Pagani calls Socrates "our patron", the one with whom philosophy in the strict sense begins. He emphasises his question "what do you call…?", which he considers more radical than "what is it?". Put to the astronomer at the foot of the ziggurat rather than to the sun, it questions words and moves from monologue to dialogue, and then to dialectic1 2 . According to him, this question presupposes a crisis of the city and a community of free men: it could not have been asked under the pharaoh3 . He links Socrates' execution to the fate of the night watchman who wakes the city, and sees it as the scandal that turns Plato away from politics4 . In the Gorgias, he closely follows his struggle against the sophists and against Callicles' naturalism, along with the thesis that it is better to suffer injustice than to commit it. He often returns to the refusal to escape, maieutics, "know thyself" and the dream that orders him to make music5 .
1 Hegel on the Beach 1/5 1 Feb 2016 · 1:04:48 2 Clouscard and the problem of Socrates 14 Oct 2022 · 1:37:01 3 #1.8 Between crisis and war: philosophising? 28 Jan 2016 · 20:01 4 #3.4 From Ulysses to Daedalus 1 Aug 2017 · 20:14 5 #15 Plato, Rousseau, Hegel and music 9 Feb 2021 · 13:27 Summary produced automatically from 150 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.
Who is this? Socrates (; Ancient Greek: Σωκράτης, romanized: Sōkrátēs; c. 470 – 399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher from Classical Athens, perhaps the first Western moral philosopher, and a major inspiration on his student Plato, who largely founded the tradition of Western philosophy. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous accounts of classical writers, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. […]
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Talks · 14 Jul 2022 From Plato to world revolution0:29 Wrote nothing; it is Plato who makes him speak. 8:26 Says he never involved himself in public affairs, yet constitutes an absolute beginning, hence a revolution. 13:12 Brought philosophy down from the sky to the earth, from the true and the false toward the question "what must I do?"; refuses to escape. 19:52 Replaces "what is?" with "what do you call?" and shows Meletus that he contradicts himself. 30:34 His maieutics, free of charge, helps the other give birth to the knowledge he already has within him. Cycle 2 · 15 Feb 2016 #2.1 Between crisis and war: philosophising?8:29 Put to death by the city for his questioning; compared to the night watchman who wakes the city in crisis. 23:49 He was right to wake Athens, threatened by Macedonia; he understands that the city's sickness is expressed in its words. 31:35 His fundamental question is not "what is it?" but "what do you call?" 1:13:48 In the Phaedo, his disciples ask him for the demonstration of the immortality of the soul at the moment of his death. Cycle 1 · 14 Sept 2015 #1.2 Between crisis and war: philosophising?3:04 The Socratic question arises at the moment when the city is in crisis facing Macedonia and then Rome. 18:04 He questions the questioner and not the thing: "what do you call the sun?". 22:09 His conflict to the death with the sophists, for whom truth does not matter. 47:13 He is glad to have found in Callicles a frank opponent and shows that his notion of force is vague. Cycle 15 · 13 Apr 2026 Language and thought: the case of Lavoisier10:01 Wrote nothing; he questioned the specialists of Athens ("what do you call courage, beauty?") who had trouble answering. 14:47 Intervenes between the dogmatist and the skeptic and refers to "know thyself". 30:00 At the foot of the tower, he questions the astronomer and not the star: dialogue is engaged and leads to dialectic. Cycle 11 · 14 Oct 2022 Clouscard and the problem of Socrates36:04 Appears in the city to ask: what do you call virtue, courage, beauty? 1:37:01 The Socratic revolution: distinguishing "what do you call?" from "what is it?", dialogue against monologue. 1:54:25 Principle of philosophy: not to be taken in by language and to recognize through dialogue. Cycle 9.2 · 4 Mar 2021 #9.16 How can sciences of history be real?14:00 He initiates philosophy with the question "what do you call...?", asked for example of the sculptor about beauty. 33:53 He does not concern himself with the sky or nature; he brings philosophy down from the sky to the earth. 42:12 He addresses the "someones" of the city in order to establish a dialogue from which dialectic emerges. 1:31:29 He did not consider it useless to think about the sky: it simply was not the philosopher's job. Cycle 9.2 · 7 Jan 2021 #9.11 How can sciences of history be real?23:33 He makes the Delphic "know thyself" his motto. 43:15 Facing Callicles, he does not tremble: this interlocutor is the touchstone that will let him be right against everyone. 1:09:06 Philosophy begins with its being put to death by the city: the philosopher limps from the start. 1:13:10 At the foot of the ziggurat, he questions the astronomer: "what do you call the sun?" Cycle 2 · 1 Aug 2017 #2.8 Between crisis and war: philosophising?2:11 Patron of philosophy, he did not write, did not teach in state chairs, and addressed the citizen in the agora. 10:26 He recalls that saying "it's beautiful" means "I like it," hence that a desire is satisfied. 20:45 At the foot of the ziggurat, he asks the astrologer what he calls the sun: someone addresses someone. 35:43 Recalls the inscription at Delphi "Know thyself." Cycle 2 · 1 Aug 2017 #2.7 Between crisis and war: philosophising?10:43 Condemned for teaching people no longer to believe in the gods. 29:12 Inaugurates the question "what do you call...?", which concerns words and not things. 36:24 He sows discord by questioning what binds the city together; the accusation is unfounded in law but not false. 53:43 His patron is the oracle at Delphi and its "know thyself." 1:05:00 His question could not have been asked under the pharaoh. Cycle 2 · 18 Feb 2016 #2.3 Between crisis and war: philosophising?13:41 Questions in the streets those with recognized expertise: the origin of philosophy. 26:34 Its emergence in the city presupposes a crisis and a margin of freedom. 35:21 Put to death by the polis for having taught the young to discredit the city's gods. Cycle 14 · 9 Aug 2025 The repression of the subject in bourgeois civil society17:51 Declared the wisest man in Athens by the oracle, he understands that he alone knows that he knows nothing. 30:09 He brought philosophy down from the sky to the earth: virtue, education, the just city. Cycle 11 · 13 Nov 2022 Dialectics of hesitation and decision13:13 Founder of philosophy, distinct from Eastern thought, which is older. 17:35 Arises in the streets of Athens through the crisis of the city. 27:49 Compared to the torpedo fish; the numbness of his interlocutor is the fruitful pain of a birth of knowledge. 46:53 Clouscard connects to Socrates the passage from usual language to the concept. Cycle 10 · 23 Dec 2021 #10.7 “Postmodern” eco-petty-Nazism: Plato's Gorgias12:43 Defeats Gorgias without asking a single drachma for his teaching. 54:30 Responds by demanding definitions and reproaches Callicles for never saying the same thing. 1:11:38 In the Phaedo, jokes about the soul conceived as a breath. Series · 9 Feb 2021 #15 Plato, Rousseau, Hegel and music4:34 Dreams that he is ordered to make music and understands that music is the highest philosophy. 13:27 Explains that he remains seated in prison by choice, in submission to the laws, not because of his muscles. 1:06:12 Its emergence is made necessary by the polysemy of language: "what do you call?" Cycle 9.2 · 5 Feb 2021 #9.14 How can sciences of history be real?41:15 His contemporaries found him both troubling and stimulating. 53:05 He fights the relativism of Protagoras. 1:19:43 His maieutics helps bring forth the knowledge one already carries within, which makes knowledge a recollection. Series · 10 Sept 2019 M. Clouscard's reply to C. Morilhat (part 2)1:10:08 "Know thyself," not the number of grains of sand in the Sahara. 1:14:53 Moving from ordinary ideological language to the concept is Socrates's problem, condemned by the city. 1:25:04 He brings philosophy down from heaven to earth by questioning his fellow citizens. Cycle 5.1 · 6 Dec 2018 #5.2 ter Questions, following workshop #5.2 (Facebook Live)2:00 Wrote nothing; he speaks only of Plato's Socrates, as of a literary character. 20:07 Condemned by the city, he nevertheless spends his time defending the city's law against natural law. Cycle 4 · 14 Jun 2018 #4.9 Angélique (by Nerval)37:46 His "what do you call...?" grounds philosophy and logically precedes "what is it?" 51:00 The oracle at Delphi declares him the wisest and opposes to him "know thyself." Series · 2 Feb 2016 Hegel on the Beach 5/51:07:28 Socratic patronage against opinion and powers. 1:31:39 Fluidified sensible being-there; asks the astrologer 'what do you call the sun?'. 1:40:16 Corners Gorgias by distinguishing two species of persuasion. Series · 1 Feb 2016 Hegel on the Beach 1/51:04:48 "What do you call the sun?": the question with which philosophy begins, moving from monologue to dialogue. 1:07:06 Leads Gorgias to no longer agree with himself; the point is to agree with oneself. Cycle 1 · 28 Jan 2016 #1.8 Between crisis and war: philosophising?20:01 His question "what do you call...?" concerns language and presupposes a historical crisis and a community of free men. 26:07 The "little potbellied man" questions the astrologer, not the sun: the passage from monologue to dialogue. 42:38 He refers his judges back to the Delphic "Know thyself." Cycle 1 · 11 Dec 2015 #1.7 Between crisis and war: philosophising?26:18 Refuses to expose the idea of the good, beyond essence, and speaks only of its image, the sun. 32:56 Expresses the fate of one who transgresses the limits of opinion and wants shared knowledge. 52:37 The question "what do you call...?" starts from what people designate by words. Talks · 8 Aug 2015 Mythology and truth9:04 The Socratic question "what do you call...?" is more radical than "what is it?" 24:48 He shows Callicles his contradictions regarding the notion of force, without managing to convince him. Series · 7 Jan 2015 X for Xanthippe1:54 Said to have chosen Xanthippe for her bad temper, in order to exercise his patience. 4:32 Says no to Alcibiades, the most beautiful man in Athens, and thereby refuses class domination. Cycle 15 · 8 Oct 2026 Nature vs. freedom?29:17 He inaugurates philosophy by questioning discourses rather than things: "what do you call...?" Cycle 15 · 5 May 2026 The foundations of the Platonic and Aristotelian distinction2:07 He initiates philosophy without leaving any writing; his condemnation, a political scandal, gives birth to Plato's philosophy. 16:37 In the Republic, he announces the necessity of a long detour. 51:26 The philosopher killed by the prisoners is an allusion to his death. Cycle 14 · 21 Oct 2025 The silences of the media uproar: the Atlanticist re-Nazification2:37 His method, proposing a definition and then showing its contradictions, is applied to the word “West.” Cycle 13 · 2 Dec 2024 Evil, or the “unknowing” of the self16:10 Receives the lesson on beauty and resists Alcibiades. 47:36 Philosophy begins with him and with the Delphic "know thyself." Cycle 13 · 2 Sept 2024 Clouscard: The metamorphoses of class struggle1:19:03 Maieutics: helping the other give birth to ideas they have without knowing it, as the midwife helps the child come into the world. Cycle 12 · 14 Aug 2024 Too late?7:32 "Our master," who initiates philosophy proper: to question the words through which we are in contact with things. Talks · 23 Mar 2024 Sahelian Africa and imperialism: Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger13:26 Questioning words, "what do you call?", is the fundamental Socratic approach. 56:51 Master of philosophy who wrote nothing, his "cover" for not writing. 1:18:37 In the Gorgias, he says one can go to war while wishing for peace. Cycle 11 · 18 May 2023 Worldliness in Clouscard, or privileges for all24:13 He distinguishes two kinds of persuasion, that of the geometer aiming at truth and that of the sophist indifferent to truth. Cycle 11 · 23 Nov 2022 The aporias of anthropology33:15 His question "what do you call...?" leaves being and the immediate for the word, mediation. Cycle 10 · 7 Jul 2022 #16 Michel Clouscard: “There are no holidays in the concept!”3:19 He marvels at the countryside but does not go there, because the trees and rivers do not answer his questions. Series · 20 May 2022 Who is hiding beneath the surfaces? Aesthetics and politics50:47 The night before his death, he dreams that a woman tells him to make music, and understands that philosophy is the highest music. Series · 5 Mar 2022 Panzer-philosophy against the cogito: neo-fascism or the ideology of nature (Heidegger, Descartes)26:39 His questions concern how to name things: "what do you call soul, beauty, virtue?" 35:01 He is compared to the torpedo fish that numbs by problematizing simple notions. Cycle 10 · 27 Jan 2022 #8 Philosophising under threat44:51 He fails to convince Callicles and concludes with a myth: it is better to suffer injustice than to commit it. Cycle 10 · 3 Nov 2021 #10.4 From Lascaux to modern music, the permanence of the political stakes in aesthetics1:41:39 With his "what do you call," one questions the words themselves, a specificity of philosophy. Cycle 10 · 6 Oct 2021 #10.2 Dialectics of identity and difference1:02:54 Scratching his leg, he discovers that pleasure and pain are inseparable. 1:06:42 The oracle enjoins him: "know thyself." Cycle 10 · 22 Sept 2021 #10.1 The eternal irony of the community1:17:18 Neither dogmatist nor skeptic, he points to "know thyself": the criterion of beauty lies within the subject. Series · 28 Jan 2021 #12 Nietzsche (right up) against Wagner1:07:52 The night before his death, a dream orders him to make music, that is, to philosophize. 1:21:52 In Nietzsche, "Socratism" is a code name for "Jewish." Talks · 24 Nov 2020 Between sea and mountain, the standing stones of Valinco (the Corsican Neolithic)24:46 Patron of the philosopher who does not write; he distrusted writing, and Plato was his scribe. Cycle 9.1 · 23 Oct 2020 #2 Benefits and harms of amnesia…48:56 The pains of childbirth are the fruitful moments. 1:23:32 Maieutics helps the pupil recall the knowledge already within him. Cycle 8 · 9 Jul 2020 #13 Return to the logics of the subject4:41 With Socratic questioning philosophy is born in the strict sense, as reflection on words; he recalls the "know thyself." 44:30 Compared to the torpedo fish; the confusion of his interlocutors is a labor pain of birth. Cycle 6 · 8 Jan 2020 #6.3 The logic of the subject in the face of the reconstitution of Nazism3:01 His "what do you call?" reflects on the most familiar thing. 44:20 In the Phaedo, he replies that one prays to Aeolus and buries him "if you can catch me." Cycle 6 · 23 Oct 2019 #6.1 The logic of the subject15:17 The most just man condemned by the city: Plato's political trauma. 1:08:08 Brought philosophy down from heaven to earth by posing the moral question; takes up "know thyself" again. Cycle 5.2 · 26 May 2019 #5.7 Nature or landscape?47:09 Philosophy begins when one asks what words designate. 1:11:01 He is right to ask "what do you call" before "what is it." 1:17:30 He remains in prison because he judged it better to uphold the law of the city. Series · 2 May 2019 Michel Foucault29:53 He contradicts Parmenides: the first parricide. 32:36 With him, philosophy begins with "what do you call...?"; in the Gorgias, he questions oratory. 1:04:29 The collapse of the Greek city sends him into the streets. Cycle 5.2 · 25 Jan 2019 #5.4 Introduction: nature or landscape?56:02 Compared to the torpedo fish: his questions numb and block, which is what makes research fruitful. Cycle 5.1 · 13 Jan 2019 #5.3 bis Questions (Facebook Live)8:55 His question "what do you call virtue, courage, the beautiful?" grounds the specificity of philosophical inquiry; he is placed at the foot of the ziggurat. 45:54 He jokes about the fear that the soul might evaporate in the wind by proposing a prayer to Aeolus. Cycle 5.1 · 31 Dec 2018 #5.3 The philosopher's Odyssey: revolutionary thought21:48 In prison, he remains seated because he judged it better not to set an example of sedition, and not because of his muscles. 45:51 His example illustrates legislation by freedom. Cycle 5.1 · 21 Nov 2018 #5.2 The philosopher's Odyssey: revolutionary thought51:53 In the Phaedo, seeks to prove the immortality of the soul and answers Crito that they will not be burying him. Cycle 5.1 · 2 Nov 2018 #5.1 bis Questions (Facebook Live)29:12 Callicles interrupts him and threatens him with a whipping in the Gorgias. 31:36 His maieutics makes the slave give birth to the theorem; maia means midwife, his mother's trade. Talks · 6 Oct 2018 On Marx2:56 He founds philosophy by irritating people with the question "what do you call?" Talks · 2 Jul 2018 Tribute to Domenico Losurdo56:36 Asking "what do you call virtue?" presupposes a democratic achievement, unthinkable in Egypt; he initiates the rise toward the universal. Talks · 12 Jun 2018 In conversation with Bernard Friot (1 June 2018)42:35 To philosophize is to ask "what do you call...?"; this subversion of words earned him his condemnation by the city. Talks · 16 Nov 2017 The philosopher's two enemies: the dogmatist and the sceptic0:00 The dogmatist and the skeptic already existed before him. 1:19 He recalls that "it's beautiful" means "it pleases me," so that a desire is satisfied, and that one does not find the key to beauty with one's eyes. Cycle 3 · 1 Aug 2017 #3.4 From Ulysses to Daedalus14:19 In the Republic, he declares that an immense detour is necessary. 20:14 Philosopher put to death by the city; this scandal of the most just man being killed turns Plato away from politics. 1:18:03 Speaks to Glaucon of a "longer detour." Talks · 9 Mar 2017 Is history a subject?59:52 He problematizes beauty against the dogmatist who conflates beauty with the Parthenon; the philosopher asks questions. Cycle 2 · 15 Feb 2016 #2.2 Between crisis and war: philosophising?43:37 Arises when the words of the city become confused; he asks "what do you call beauty, courage?", those questioned stammer and put him to death. Series · 2 Feb 2016 Hegel on the Beach 4/535:20 Example of the syllogism. 2:16:22 In the Gorgias, he shows Callicles the inconsistency of his notion of force. Series · 29 Jan 2016 What is to be done? 1/333:53 He fights the naturalist standpoint of Callicles. 35:06 For him, the question "what must I do?" is prior to the cognitive aim. 50:23 He asks "what do you call?" of the one who names the thing: dialogue prevails over the astronomer's monologue. Series · 29 Jan 2016 What is to be done? 2/335:47 Demolishes Gorgias; argues that it is better to suffer injustice than to commit it; accused of corrupting the youth. Cycle 1 · 10 Dec 2015 #1.4 Between crisis and war: philosophising?45:45 In his prison, he refuses to escape: the true reason he is sitting there is his will. Cycle 1 · 14 Sept 2015 #1.3 Between crisis and war: philosophising?5:18 The sophists oppose to him the aporia of inquiry; he helps the patient give birth to truth through maieutics. Talks · 23 Jun 2015 L'île du Peuple: the debate25:44 He objects to Callicles that the whole city is physically stronger than a tyrant alone. Talks · 26 Apr 2015 The music of history11:41 patron of philosophers, who did not write and questioned the words of everyday language Series · 29 Dec 2014 O for Opposition8:44 He refuses the escape offered to him: the law is right against individual caprice. Series · 27 Sept 2014 #5 Libertarian liberalism, libidinal consumption and music…23:42 "The boss": the philosopher's specialty is to question words. 30:00 Theoretical work has not changed since him: seeking what speaking means. 33:21 He arises when the city collapses, questions people in the street; night watchman put to death for having awakened the city. Series · 6 Jul 2012 Radio Galère: Michel Clouscard (1)5:32 The publisher compares Clouscard to the Socratic word that challenges the city. 13:42 The most just of men, condemned by an alliance of conservatives and sophists for corrupting the youth. Cycle 15 · 28 Aug 2026 From Copernicus to Lenin: revolution!1:10:34 Recalls the inscription at Delphi, "know thyself." Talks · 23 May 2026 Neo-fascism and the ideology of desire: is Michel Clouscard still relevant?12:25 The Socratic lineage calls for doubting what one has said. Cycle 14 · 4 Feb 2026 The return of fascism4:36 The question "what is called?" is the Socratic question par excellence. 37:07 He "does Socrates": he starts from the interlocutor's definition in order to show its contradictions. Cycle 13 · 25 Jul 2025 Naturalist ideology: answers to questions23:03 Cited through the Apology and the "know thyself." Series · 13 Jun 2025 Our former savagery? An Illumination by Arthur Rimbaud27:36 "Know thyself" has been the philosophers' motto since Socrates and Plato. Cycle 13 · 27 May 2025 Flagrante Delights1:16:10 Cited alongside Plato and Aristotle. Cycle 12 · 11 Jul 2024 After the vote: entering a zone of turbulence1:26:16 Socratic method: "our patron" among philosophers, for asking what the West is. Cycle 12 · 30 May 2024 From fidelity to grace: from substance to subject1:27:20 Evoked by a comment. Cycle 12 · 2 May 2024 Neo-fascism and the ideology of desire: Clouscard, as relevant as ever24:21 Put to death because he was more than a rebel. Cycle 12 · 18 Feb 2024 Secularism, the truth of religion?30:43 He was confronted with the aporia of the search for truth. 1:39:37 His questioning arises from the crisis of the city, threatened by Macedonia. Cycle 12 · 22 Dec 2023 Birth and carnage: the Massacre of the Innocents1:31:19 Example of the syllogism and the middle term. Cycle 12 · 17 Oct 2023 Neither left nor right? Islamo-leftism?1:15:45 He is right against Gorgias in the dialogues. Cycle 11 · 3 Sept 2023 Worldliness in Clouscard: desiring what? Through whom?2:08:41 Philosophy begins with "what do you call...?" Cycle 11 · 22 Jul 2023 Worldliness in Clouscard: the world as “cunning of reason”29:11 Example of the individual classified within general sets. Cycle 11 · 29 Jun 2023 Worldliness in Clouscard: Aragon and the positivity of the negative30:55 The "know thyself" in his mouth. Cycle 11 · 26 Apr 2023 Worldliness in Clouscard, or “the dominant ideology”1:02:47 He taught us to denounce the words of the tribe, such as the word "West." Cycle 10 · 23 Jun 2022 #15 Nietzsche: philosophical or musical relevance? Answers to questions49:34 Plato and Aristotle stand in the Socratic lineage. Cycle 10 · 10 Jun 2022 #14 Caves of yesterday and today: from Plato to modernity29:26 Since its Socratic origins, philosophy has sought to leave opinion behind without leaving everyday language. Cycle 9.2 · 14 Apr 2021 #9.19 Twilight of the Gods, or from repetition to liberation (part 2)1:52:42 Question from the audience about his differences with Plato and Aristotle, deferred. Series · 31 Mar 2021 “Red-browns”, “decolonial”: should we use the dominant language?30:08 Before him, the words of the city were not questioned. Cycle 9.2 · 17 Mar 2021 #9.17 The geopolitical metaphor: Planck, Descartes, Clouscard14:27 The question of essence is the Socratic question par excellence. 1:07:33 Philosophy begins with "know thyself." 1:25:52 Condemned to death because he was revolutionary, not rebellious. Series · 7 Feb 2021 #14 Mozart once more51:11 For Nietzsche, decline begins with him. 1:12:44 Answers Glaucon in the Republic. Series · 24 Jan 2021 #11 Modal and tonal music1:03:02 He plays "his little Socrates" to criticize the word West. Talks · 16 Jan 2021 The world before, the world after (part 2)59:33 he did not write Series · 11 Jan 2021 #8 Happiness and unhappiness in music3:08 Threatened by Callicles in the Gorgias, he monologues in the Laws. Cycle 9.1 · 17 Dec 2020 #9 Benefits and harms of amnesia…10:21 The usual starting point of philosophy. 35:31 He asks "what do you call this," because language has never been clear. Cycle 9.1 · 10 Dec 2020 #8 Benefits and harms of amnesia…1:20:08 He surprises those who speak "without a license" by asking what they call this or that. Series · 3 Dec 2020 #3 What is called modern music?2:11 "What do we call modern music?" is the Socratic question par excellence. 7:57 Compared to the torpedo fish that numbs its interlocutor. Cycle 9.1 · 13 Nov 2020 #4 Benefits and harms of amnesia…42:56 Patron saint of philosophers, as Saint Christopher is of drivers. Cycle 9.1 · 8 Oct 2020 #1 Benefits and harms of amnesia…1:02:45 Example: one cannot say "Socrates is ill" if he has already recovered. Cycle 8 · 2 Jul 2020 #12 Return to the logics of the subject1:04:51 Philosophy has obeyed the injunction "know thyself" ever since him. Cycle 8 · 21 Jun 2020 #11 Return to the logics of the subject16:49 Concerning his death, Cicero uses the formula cited. Cycle 7 · 17 May 2020 #8 Harnessed to confinitude43:40 The imperative "know thyself," inscribed at the temple of Delphi. Cycle 7 · 5 May 2020 #7 Harnessed to confinitude19:42 A true revolutionary, not a mere rebel. 1:02:28 Nietzsche calls him a journalist and a man of the people, ugly, who spoiled Plato. Cycle 7 · 26 Apr 2020 #6 Harnessed to confinitude3:16 Reads on the pediment at Delphi the "Know thyself," origin of philosophy. Cycle 7 · 11 Apr 2020 #4 Harnessed to confinitude17:00 His philosophy is born from the crisis of the Greek city. Cycle 7 · 30 Mar 2020 #2 Harnessed to confinitude6:39 Philosophy begins with his questioning: "what do you call courage?" Cycle 6 · 29 Mar 2020 #6.6 The logic of the subject in the face of the reconstitution of Nazism1:35:49 Bergson renews the Socratic gesture. Cycle 6 · 3 Dec 2019 #6.2 The logic of the subject in the face of the reconstitution of Nazism36:27 Arises because we speak without a license. Talks · 21 Sept 2019 Pagani without detours22:03 "Socrates is young": as soon as it is said, it is already false. 28:49 A Socrates is needed to distinguish the two meanings of "must." 57:28 The teacher must be a bit of a sophist, not entirely Socratic. Series · 23 Aug 2019 M. Clouscard's reply to C. Morilhat (1987)1:07:52 At first a Parmenidean before repudiating him. Talks · 3 Aug 2019 Money, work, freedom12:33 Philosophy begins with his question "what do you call...?", distinct from the scientist's question. Cycle 5.2 · 30 Jun 2019 #5.8 Nature or landscape?39:47 His last conversation before the hemlock is comparable to that of Maundy Thursday. Cycle 5.2 · 4 Feb 2019 #5.4 Nature or landscape?25:42 Since him philosophy limps; his relations with the city. 46:51 "Know thyself" at Delphi. Cycle 4 · 16 May 2018 #4.8 Angélique (by Nerval)56:32 Better to suffer injustice than to commit it. Cycle 4 · 12 Feb 2018 #4.5 Angélique (by Nerval)1:36:50 Mocks Callicles: the strongest should have forty hats. Cycle 4 · 11 Dec 2017 #4.3 Angélique (by Nerval)1:09:24 His genius would be necessary to penetrate Kant. Cycle 4 · 18 Oct 2017 #4.1 Angélique (by Nerval)1:15:05 A figure of the philosopher more disturbing than a rebel. Cycle 3 · 1 Aug 2017 #3.5 From Ulysses to Daedalus39:33 Answers that the good surpasses essence in splendor. 48:21 The fate of the returning prisoner recalls the Socratic gest; maieutics. Cycle 3 · 1 Aug 2017 #3.3 From Ulysses to Daedalus16:01 "Our patron," who reproached the sophists for charging money. Cycle 3 · 1 Aug 2017 #3.6 From Ulysses to Daedalus12:24 Since him, we know that immediate grasping is the poorest. Talks · 19 Jun 2016 At the bistro (part 2)19:49 Risked his life confronting people in the street, unlike in university colloquia. Talks · 18 Jun 2016 At the bistro (part 1)1:26 A participant compares him to Socrates, who did not write and persuaded on the agora. Cycle 2 · 10 Mar 2016 #2.4 Between crisis and war: philosophising?9:19 The philosopher who disturbs the city with his questions. 1:06:47 "I know only one thing, that I know nothing": the same illumination as Cartesian doubt. Series · 29 Jan 2016 What is to be done? 3/34:00 Announces in the Republic the necessity of an immense detour. 8:32 In the Phaedo, replies to Crito that he may bury him as he wishes. 15:06 Opposed to Callicles as civil liberty is to natural liberty. Cycle 1 · 10 Dec 2015 #1.5 Between crisis and war: philosophising?41:17 Raises the question of a science of right after mathematics. 59:31 Refers to the Delphic "know thyself". Cycle 1 · 10 Dec 2015 #1.6 Between crisis and war: philosophising?1:45:56 Refuses as sacrilege that the good be pleasure. Series · 8 Dec 2015 Michel Clouscard, the paths of praxis (1/2)7:06 Philosophy in the strict sense begins with him, and he cites the Delphic "know thyself." Series · 9 Jan 2015 Z for Zero11:26 He mocks Callicles: whoever possesses the most should have forty hats and thirty pairs of shoes. Series · 3 Jan 2015 T for Triangle5:54 One understands why he was put to death, if questioning begins as early as the table. Series · 26 Sept 2014 #4 Neo-fascism and the ideology of desire: on the thought of M. Clouscard24:51 "Know thyself," the oracle of Delphi. 34:17 His death, a scandal that turned Plato toward philosophy. Series · 23 Sept 2014 #3 The myth of the noble savage in Rousseau23:10 A radical revolutionary rather than a rebel, hence more dangerous. 
Talks · 14 Jul 2022From Plato to world revolution
