
From an Other to the other (Seminar XVI), Episode 2
Lectures on Lacan Podcast
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Pascal's Wager on the Renunciation of Enjoyment
The suggestion seems to be that it's better to renounce enjoyment in this life than otherwise. But after all, he continues, is this not a simple transition from what we have just now seen being inscribed in the history and this function of goods devoted to the dead? Don't forget about that mustard pot. And now we come to the important part of this passage for us. We have to deal with theory in as far as it has been lightened precisely by the introduction of this function of the surplus enjoyment or surplus enjoying around surplus enjoyment.
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