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Signifier Vs. Sign (Aphorism 4)

Why Theory

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The Significant, the Subject, the Signifier

i like to draw this distinction between meaning, which leconte says, iis imaginary. So the meaning is my intention, what i intend to say, and the signification is how that relates to other possible meanings out there. And so you can even see, i think, lurking within that, the psychoanalytic idea of free association. I know exactly what's goingto happen. But i right, this is nice. Tod i've talked a lot. Why is this phrase important? Ok, why is it important?

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