Seminar XXIV Final Sessions 1 - Lacan in Ireland

The inside and the outside in this particular case, namely, as regards thetorus, are they notions of structure or of form? Everything depends on theconception that one has of space and I would say up to a certain point ofwhat we highlight as the truth of space. There is certainly a truth of spacewhich is that of the body. In this case, the body is something which canonly be founded on the truth of space, which indeed is where the sort ofasymmetry that I highlight has its foundations. This asymmetry depends onthe fact that I designated as the same point of view. And this indeed is whywhat I wanted to introduce this year is something which is important for me.There is the same asymmetry not simply concerning the body, butconcerning what I designated in terms of the Symbolic. There is anasymmetry of the signifier and of the signified which remains enigmatic.The question that I would like to advance this year is exactly the following:is the asymmetry of the signifier and of the signified of the same nature asthat of the container and the contained which is all the same somethingwhich has its function for the body?29