Alain Badiou. A History of Finitude and Infinity: Classicism. 2011

source: European Graduate School     2011年12月17日
http://www.egs.edu Alain Badiou, French philosopher, mathematician and author, talking about the classical vision of the relationship between the finite and infinite in Greek antiquity. In this lecture, Alain Badiou discusses the Greek conception of the One, apeiron, the Platonic Good, the One-All, being, existence, paganism and aesthetics in relationship to René Descartes, Georg Cantor, Plato, Aristotle, Blaise Pascal and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel focusing on being, existence, hubris, perfection, negativity, immortality, totality, cosmos, subjectivity, tragedy, possibility, life and death. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe. 2011. Alain Badiou.