Author: Jacques Lacan

Quotes

We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols.

We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols.

- Jacques Lacan

The Mirror Stage as formative in the function of the I as revealed in psychoanalytic experience.

The Mirror Stage as formative in the function of the I as revealed in psychoanalytic experience.

- Jacques Lacan

The knowledge that there is a part of the psychic functions that are out of conscious reach, we did not need to wait for Freud to know this!

The knowledge that there is a part of the psychic functions that are out of conscious reach, we did not need to wait for Freud to know this!

- Jacques Lacan

Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people with a talent for directing consciences see truth rise spontaneously.

Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people with a talent for directing consciences see truth rise spontaneously.

- Jacques Lacan

For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence.

For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence.

- Jacques Lacan

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