Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession, not even obsession for this, or for that in particular; to be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism, in a trap increasingly demanding and endless. Jacques Lacan catchdemandendless share on social
In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth. Jacques Lacan bearbirthcatch Change image and share on social
Since Freud, the center of man is not where we thought it was; one has to go on from there. Jacques Lacan centerfreudman Change image and share on social
What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table? Jacques Lacan cardconvinceface Change image and share on social
Symptoms, those you believe you recognize, seem to you irrational because you take them in an isolated manner, and you want to interpret them directly. Jacques Lacan directlyinterpretirrational Change image and share on social
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 absentcommunicationemphasize Change image and share on social
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 consciousfreudfunction Change image and share on social
For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence. Jacques Lacan absencenaturesignifier Change image and share on social
But this emphasis would be lavished in vain, if it served, in your opinion, only to abstract a general type from phenomena whose particularity in our work would remain the essential thing for you, and whose original arrangement could be broken up only artificially. Jacques Lacan abstractarrangementartificially share on social
