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Jacques Lacan

As is known, it is in the realm of experience inaugurated by psychoanalysis that we may grasp along what imaginary lines the human organism, in the most intimate recesses of its being, manifests its capture in a symbolic dimension.

Jacques Lacan

Experience

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Lacan is saying that psychoanalysis reveals how the human body expresses itself through symbols deep within its inner life. This symbolic expression shows how our experiences are shaped by imaginary structures that influence our being.

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