Bougainville

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Bougainville briefly, always in connection with Kant, whose contemporary he was. He most often cites him alongside Cook, among the great navigators of the period123. He gives him a specific role: in his view, the discoveries of these navigators explain the geographical metaphors found in Kant45. So he does not read Bougainville for his own sake. Bougainville serves him as a historical reference point for linking Kant's imagery to the voyages of exploration of his time. This connection comes up in sessions on very different subjects: the reading of Nerval's "Angélique" (2017), Greek mythology (2018), Popper (2019), evil as "misknowledge" of oneself (2024) and the session "From Copernicus to Lenin: Revolution!" (2026). From one session to the next, the mention stays the same, short and without notable change. Bougainville appears in it as part of Kant's geographical and intellectual context.

1. 1#4.3 Angélique (de Nerval)11 Dec 2017 · 51:04
2. 2Le Mal ou la "déconnaissance" de soi2 Dec 2024 · 50:03
3. 3De Copernic à Lénine: Révolution !28 Aug 2026 · 46:33
4. 4Mythologie Grecque31 Dec 2018 · 47:36
5. 5Popper (Karl)3 Dec 2019 · 1:00:13

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.