THE LETTER 06 (Spring 1996) pages 74-78 It is a characteristic of our minds to be ever engaged in passing judgement. John Henry Newman The performance of the function of judgement is not made possible until the creation of the … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 07 (Summer 1996) pages 110-111 The conference theme, Ethics and the Desire of the Analyst, was addressed by speakers from England, France and Ireland under the four topics of ethics, transmission, technique and the cure. Concerning ethics, Lindsay … Continue reading
THE LETTER 12 (Spring 1998) pages 25-40 Psychoanalysis is the science of the particular. J. Lacan Introduction The Telescope, Microscope and the Scopic Drive This paper summarises some of Lacan’s thinking on Velasquez’s Las Meninas, a painting that art experts … Continue reading
THE LETTER 27 Spring 2003, pages 83-89 The Joy of Life – Henri Matisse -1906 What we see here on this canvas is not a scene from the world we see ordinarily. This painting – The Joy of Life – … Continue reading