Spirit

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani understands spirit mainly in the Hegelian sense. He takes up the distinction between subjective spirit, which belongs to psychology, objective spirit, realized in institutions, and absolute spirit, which includes art, religion and philosophy1. He insists that spirit is neither smoke nor vapour: it is the tool, law, history in its economic, artistic and warlike reality, a historical matter that stands opposed to natural matter234. Spirit does not exist without nature, but only by breaking away from it and opposing it5. He also defines it as the collective, "an I that is a we", a community conscious of its unity that presupposes the freedom of its members67. Starting from the pneuma and from Christ's words about the wind, he links spirit to breath and to freedom. Finally, he distinguishes Voltaire's ingenious wit from Hegelian spirit, a reconciliation of the two that Jacques D'Hondt celebrates.

1. 1Hegel Plage 4/52 Feb 2016 · 2:03:00
2. 2Keller (Helen)15 Feb 2016 · 1:13:48
3. 3Monde d'avant, Monde d'après - 1ère partie16 Jan 2021 · 26:21
4. 4Un chapitre de Marx écrit par Hegel • Q&A Philosophique • Dominique Pagani22 May 2021 · 14:26
5. 510#5 La figure d'Antigone, telle qu'en elle-même enfin...24 Nov 2021 · 19:53
6. 6#6 • Les Attelé(e)s de la confinitude26 Apr 2020 · 1:50:48
7. 710#5 La figure d'Antigone, telle qu'en elle-même enfin...24 Nov 2021 · 1:01:26

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