
From an Other to the other (Seminar XVI), Episode 3
Lectures on Lacan Podcast
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The Grammatical Subject Is an Effect of Language
The grammatical subject is a subject that says things about itself. Anytime you hear the vertical pronoun, I, I'm the kind of person who, rest assured that somebody trying to talk themselves into existence, that's an ego at work. On the other side of this, you have this enunciating subject, this other part of our selves, that isn't spoken but speaks. The impulse to speak from one's body being right here, just below your ribcage would allow for not just spouts of empty speech, but also sparks of full speech.
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