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Seminar XVI

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&

Retroactively

Retroactively

Lacan says, We must go pretty far along a path for the point of departure to be clarified retroactively. (p. 162) I like this line a lot. It makes me think about how we all set out along a path, heading in a direction. Or, to say this in a

Lacan's comment on trash

A Package: A few moments ago, a box was delivered to my doorstep. I brought it up to my office, opened it, and found a copy of the newly published English translation of Seminar XVI: From an Other (Amazon, Cormac Gallagher translation). I've been really interested in this