Théramène

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani returns several times, from 2017 to 2024, to Théramène, Hippolytus's confidant, notably in a session devoted to Racine. He dwells above all on the first scene, where Théramène brings down, one by one, the reasons Hippolytus gives for leaving1. He describes this work as a psychoanalysis: the confidant sees through the hero's stated motives and demolishes his justifications23. The phrase comes back from one session to the next with a nuance. In 2017, he speaks of "almost" a psychoanalysis, then, in the more recent sessions, of a "true" psychoanalysis. In 2024, he adds that the confidant also serves to balance the hero's excess4. Finally, in another 2017 session, he notes that Théramène recalls the art of taming horses invented by Neptune5. He brings this character into sessions on crisis and war, on amnesia and on the "misknowing" (déconnaissance) of oneself.

1. 1#9 Bien-et Mé-faits de l'amnésie...17 Dec 2020 · 1:04:13
2. 2#2.5 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?1 Aug 2017 · 21:39
3. 3Racine4 Feb 2019 · 1:13:20
4. 4Le Mal ou la "déconnaissance" de soi2 Dec 2024 · 29:32
5. 5#2.6 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?1 Aug 2017 · 1:10:26

Summary produced automatically from 6 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.