Seminar XXIV Final Sessions 1 - Lacan in Ireland
Seminar XXIV Final Sessions 1 - Lacan in Ireland
Seminar XXIV Final Sessions 1 - Lacan in Ireland
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unconscious cha<strong>in</strong> stops at k<strong>in</strong>ship relationships is yes or no founded,relationship of the child to his k<strong>in</strong>.If I pose the question: ‘What is a hole?’, you have to trust me, this has acerta<strong>in</strong> relationship to the question. A hole like that, of feel<strong>in</strong>g, that is whatthis means when I crack the surface. By this I mean that by <strong>in</strong>tuition, ourhole is a hole <strong>in</strong> the surface. But a surface has a front and a back, as is wellknown, and that signifies therefore that a hole, is the hole <strong>in</strong> the front, plusthe hole <strong>in</strong> the back. But s<strong>in</strong>ce there exists a Moebius strip, which has theproperty of conjo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the front which is here with the back which is there,is the Moebius strip a hole?It is obvious that it really seems to be so. Here there is a hole, but is it a truehole?It is not at all clear, for a s<strong>in</strong>gle reason, as I already po<strong>in</strong>ted out, that aMoebius strip is noth<strong>in</strong>g other than a cut, and that it is easy to see that, ifthis is def<strong>in</strong>ed as a front, it is a cut between a front and a back. Because it isenough for you to consider this figure, it is quite easy to see that if here isthe front, a back is there, s<strong>in</strong>ce it is the back of this front and that, here, thecut is between a front and a back, thanks to which, <strong>in</strong> the Moebius strip, if18