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Lying Truth

The way Lacan talks about "truth"

The way Lacan talks about "truth"

Speaking about the structure of truth Lacan says, We must not take the term "fictions" here as referring to something illusory or deceptive [...] but as covering precisely what I highlighted aphoristically by emphasizing that truth [...] by its very essence [...] in ad of itself, has a fictional structure. I&

Monday | Truth

5/6/2024 Top of Mind One of the topics that has been on my mind very frequently for many months is the concept of truth throughout the teaching of Lacan. Here are some of the questions that I’ve been considering. 1. What is the relationship between truth and

Semblance of truth & Lying truth (Pt. 1)

I’ve been exploring texts written in antiquity to see if there are things in them that can help me understand how truth functions in an experience of psychoanalysis today. Today, I want to focus on a text titled De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) by Cicero.