THE LETTER 02 (Autumn 1994) pages 1-46 It must surely have struck the reader of the Ecrits how often Lacan refers to Kant. The reader of the Seminars is so familiar with this reference to the great philosopher of Koningsberg … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 02 (Autumn 1994) pages 47-68 It is common knowledge that Freud started as the pupil of his hysterical patients. He wanted to know and that’s why he kept on listening to them. During that time, he coined the … Continue reading
THE LETTER 02 (Autumn 1994) pages 69-86 The first symbolic binary language of “fort” and “da” introduces the subject to the world of the signifier, in which desire is implicated. The signifying chain implies an historicization of events – “fort” … Continue reading
THE LETTER 02 (Autumn 1994) pages 87-111 Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem…. Cardinal Newman Introduction The debate carried on through his Ecrits is, Lacan wrote in 1966, “le debat des lumires” – the age-old intellectual struggle pursued by men … Continue reading
THE LETTER 02 (Autumn 1994) pages 112-124 Introduction “Tongue”, La langue, Lalangue: this word “tongue” I take as a signifier of this congress, entitled “The Subject of the Unconscious and Language(s)”. Tongues have uttered “tongue” scores of times in the … Continue reading
THE LETTER 02 (Autumn 1994) pages 125-139 Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich … Continue reading