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Cosmos and History: The Journal o Natural and Social Philosophy, vol. 2, no. 1-2, 2006

Count-as-one, Forming-into-one, unarytrait, s1L C

abstract: Wl c c cl b c v l c bw al B Jc Lc bjc,l b p c lp bw l B --cl l. t cl ppl p ccpl pp vc w p Being and Event k pclc c cc cc bjc xp b Lc s, Lidentifcation.m pccll, cl w w B c-- -- c pbl b p wk b Lc s1, -. W k b c l-p bw c c, p p. F, cl pv l -cl l l bw cc-

cc vlp b Lc Lidentifcation. Lc bk l- bw l llw wk w p: xc l llw pbl k p pl . Lc w cc. appl b -cl x, cl xc cc pl ll l -xc v, , pccll, existence void p in-exists l.

Keyword: B; Lc; ol; Pcl; s-; sbjc; ic;nb

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acc al B, pcl k pc, pc k wc bc c Being and Event


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v b l.1 B v pcl pclc pcc c w l. a bck c v-, pp, l pbl pplc p ccpl pp vc w p Being and Event k pclc c (cc cc)bjc xp b Jc Lc s, Lidentifcation. m p-ccll, i w w B c-- -- c pbl b p wk b Lc s1, -. W k b c l-p bw c c, p p,

c p , wc , ll x operation (Be 4)(B), (Lc) wc P, Pl, l. i l b c , l Lidentifcationbl Lc bc s, vl c pc c v v pc bc ccl cc c, c l c c x. ap-plBeing and Event pcc pclc wll l plclc lvc pcc pclc .

iBeing and Event, B v k plpcll, -l-cll, w circulates bw bjc, in primis Lc, l xc - (Be ). a J Cl olv Fl l k, B l bjc, , tension bw w v v.4 t w pp b ll w pcc B c c Lcpcl. Wl c c cl b c cll v l c bw B Lc bjc, l b p directlp bw

1. i wl lk k a alv Vlc, non-wk c, vlbl vc.i l l alb tc B c l cl.. al B, Ltre et lvnement, P, sl, 1988, p. 10. t el l, wc wxcll, cl c pcl, plc w c wc pp l, al B,Being and Event, . olv Fl, L, C, 00,

p. 4 (c Be).. L 9/11/61 Jc Lc, Seminar IX (1961-1962): Lidentifcation, pbl (cs iX).4. al B, Infnite Thought: Truth and the Return to Philosophy, . . J Cl olvFl, L, C, 00, p. 6.. s, c, slvj k, The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre o Political Ontology, nw yk, V,000, pp. 17-70.; slvj k, Fw sc e: ej w L ral, For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment as a Political Factor, , L, V, 00, pp. lxxx-lxxxv. s l B Bl, al B t sbjc: t rcc dlc-cl ml? (P i), Pli: Warwick Journal o Philosophy, . 1, 001, pp. 00-9, pp, 0-9. BBl, al B t sbjc: t rcc dlccl ml? (Pii), Pli: Warwick Journal o Philosophy, . 1, 00, pp. 17-08, pp. 197-08.; e Pl dk h,


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l B -cl ontology. B l o ml-pl a prioric pbl ll lw is not (Be , 8). B B w p 1 m o Being andEvent, lw cll c Lc pbk pcpl cc wc [symbolic]o (Be ) b, only blc o. WB l p cx pcpl , Lc, c bjc: p pp p p b b, Lcv ll vlp l pl bjcv.6

m c l lw b cc B magnum opus, wc i v

cc. o , B bjc-v Being and Eventl b lbll b Lc l P Viii bk plpcl ppp Pl C cl c. o , p lc cl cc wc l [] c l (Be x), B llcl c l pl cp b Lc w bjc. tl b pcpl l blc o, p- l cl B w l, o xcp -c7lb pc . t, l w c , pc ontologicalc vlbl b Being and EventcLc pclc , w wll b p cv

cpbl bw . t l l c pcc wl b l cc -cl l l bw cc cc, cc w Lc c p cl pl isc -cl.8

Count-as-one, one, Phantom oF inConsistenCy

ev p bw ppp ( bjc) b (Be ). F B, , x p, c--. t c-- p : w p l, , lpl. hwv, v structuredb p c--. t, l bw lpl retroactive: lpl wll v pc l

W o i sp? B Lc Lcl t, P hllw (.), Think Again:Alain Badiou and the Future o Philosophy, L, C Bk, 004, pp. 18-90.6. F c Lc c lcl c, L C alb tc,ec Cpl, ex nl, Umbr(a): A Journal o the Unconscious,, . 1, 00, pp. 9-. a Cp L C, Lacan and Subjectivity: A Philosophical Introduction, Cb, mit P, 007.7. L 17//197 Jc Lc, Seminar XIX (1971-1972), Ou pire, pbl.8. tpl l c. tpl c (Jc Lc, L,Autres crits, P, sl, 001, p. 48.).


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Lorenzo Chiesa 71

v cl b c b c--. a B p , c-- ( c) ll vl pc /lpl cpl (Be 4). t , w p, l pl result (Be 4, p). a cc pl cc lpl: c lplc, lpl cvl - b- l, b c lplc, lpl[] vl- c b c c- (Be ). W c ccl lw lw lw lpl (Be ).

i vl , cc B, w ll p

c is: ll p c--,wc pcpl c b p . a lvl,c lplc ll ppp p c (Be ). hv , w l l kp pll, , b lpl [] bll cc w l (Be ). i w, , wc c lw c, xc c lplc, c b v p, lw c--, wc l. W v , c lplc, p lpl, cl xcl: p -pclcl w Lc , w ll l , kbl, B clv xcl w c c p wvw phantom cc (Be , p). t p, cvb-pc c--, c l b p, included - w wl b p l, p -l , w lw k w kbl: (Be ).P l, c l p wc lw lw lpl, p cc xcl lw .

m pccll, p lpl, pbl xcl b lw lw lpl, nothing p . aB bv, b- -b: There is b -, pbl. t w pcvbl p

[] bw [] l p (Be 4, p). Bb- is not, j : there is b- c the, v ll bck l pc:t plc . F w cl l : b c (Be 4). r, - c--; , p cc , wc - [un-rien]. a , p p- , B, b p pbl lpl, p p, and p c, wc xc


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-l.9 t , b v lcl lclblccc, dual.

L c . B qua being norlpl; l- b clpresented lpl, b cc v p,b p itsel( Be 7): b quabeing w p (l) (Be 4),, c, b cl p (Be 7), bl. t v b v c pcl p-; b v, p v -cc pbl( Be 6). hwv, b pbl, - w p subtraction, bcv c c

(Be , p), v l ccl b v p c-- wc, xc pbl -l, sutures b ( lll p). a, v b w xcbl w. B xcl pbl v b lcl c l c : B blv , l p, v b vl blcc v [inconscience du vide] (Be 6). t p ccc b cc.

uniCity, Forming-into-one, anXiety oF the Void

B ccl b l (Be 89). t w c-- : w vl , , wc , c l b cv fctivec cl c, c--. sc b lw p lpl, lpl lpl, w really c l l [sceau] c-- lpl--lpl (Be 90): lpl c b c-- -lpl, c lplc, lpl vl . i w, cpl /lpl ll b c-- quac l ll b cpl -l/-lpl.

t , B, c. uc b,b pc lpl (Be 90). mlpl : pl , l-pl (Be 68). W lpl ll

lpl pp , , b c -lpl b l l c--. a c w l b l ccp l, w llw k lpbw w w: v ,

9. t lw c c xc, wc p pbl b pcl p c lplc (.. b l), ll cbl lclcc w p cl, r B, P a-P alB B ev, Continental Philosophy Review, 006, [vlbl -l : p://www.p-lk.c/c/k67806017179/?p=16616480441b78780c49&p=4]


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lv o (Be ). a lpl o lpl l c. o, o [] c p bw -- [autres-que-lun], bc (Be .). P pl, o cxv c , .

Fll, , wc B -- [mise-en-un]. t bcll secondc, c c(Be 8-4 p), wc l b w xcbl w cc w cpl -l/-lpl ll b c, c--. i, -- c cc pbl bc[] l c -lpl ppl[] c

-l c (Be 90). sc p pbl , c, ll bl lpl: v l c c k lpl c, p, wc, c, c p l lpl. dl p, one-lpll c--, v -resultc l l b lpl.

i w w c c-- , w v l k, lw pc pp c lpl l llw -- wll b b lw pc (Be 90). i p p l lpl (Be91), pc --, l lpl: v c c k plc, ll cv c, lb lb , c w c p p. a lvl, p- c b p lpl, re-p lpl c. o , c cv p- wll cl v cv c cv p: l i B cc wc -- really c c-- (Be 91).

t l bw w c, c-- p -- p, b ccv l bwc c, . al B w c bll c (Be 8) l plc c cv c cll[] p

c (Be 84) cl c c, , ll c. t c c v, w c p (Be 84): ll b vbl x v [angoisse du vide] (Be 9). a w v , pbl lclbl cc v (c) b w cc v , -c c lplc. t , l c p- c w v l . hwv, wv l , w p, xc c: v p-


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cl c-- qua. t v cl xl c: i [] pbl , bc c, bcc -c, c l b p w v v (Be9). i c v, c c c o b vl c-- (Be 9).

scl, cc B, bl, c c, l b imaginarization : c-- (blc) p- cvl pc cl () -l, c , , p c vl cl c v b c p (Be 9). P pl, wl c bl-

cll pc , c c, c c, l is.

unary trait as trait unique, or La muLtiPLiCit aCtueLLe

t cl Lc bl w, xplc p c c , [trait unaire].10gl lb F einziger Zug,11 Lc blv c ll b c w , w ll v c, pp.1 m pcl, instrument1 b wc c pbl: b p, c, c oundation

c w .14

spl p, l b w pc k, /, , l l l: 1 Lc pl k c c pp bplpcl , 1 [] p c, ppl X, w l 1 !, l k [wc v]lw b c l .16

i cb c, v c, c--, c b c c, i c Lcw l. t b c c: l cv c [] b l bjc l b c w cv

10. s iX, l 6/1/61.11. acc F, somec, c [] pl [] l bw l p w bjc, s F, gp Pcl al e, The StandardEdition o the Complete Psychological Work o Sigmund Freud, vl. XViii, L, t h P i Pcl, 001, p. 107.1. s iX, l /11/61.1. s iX, L 9/11/61.14. s iX, L /11/61.1. s s iX, l 9/11/61.16. s iX, L 9/11/61.


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bl cllc.17 i w, c-- wpc , , k ///; wv, , cc, addition, c c k 1, p l, c c p c an p. a Lc bv, []pp [] pl , pl b l k wll[] c, w pbl b pcl c , w w, v . 18 i w / + / +/ 1 + 1 + 1, Lc cl wll bbl c p w withoutb bl p w b: w c b p / pc b ,

l b b 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1.t l c cv w l w b : w l b p w w l c -cll pv b l a w l cl bl cv v b, l .19 W k p p w c l b bjc c C bjcpl bw cc cc.0

i w pc + / + / + / k c bw k pc b c-- ? t cl w c , s iX, Lc cl l p trait unaire trait unique: p pl, single. i

, l p, pl cl p v,1 l pp wll b unicity. t , + p- / / l trait c, bc lvc , wk c c, c p . o, v c, v / bll / w v b c lvl 1: wv j , pc b stricto sensu.4

tw ccl pcc l b . Fl, marksc c, wc isc c. t w w ll-f wc pp. Wl

17. s iX, L 7//6.18. s iX, L 7//6.19. s iX, L 7//6.0. F cp C g cogito , l /11/61.1. s iX, L /11/61.. s iX, L 6/1/61.. s iX, L 6/1/61.4. Lc c v c c p, , w c , ll p bc pc v b, m. s, Lacaniana: Les sminaires de Jacques Lacan * 1953-1963, P, sl, 001, p. 19.. s iX, l 6/1/61.


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k, , cl , l c b - ll k,6 c, , llw s-, pl b w .7 t, lk , pl [] c unit[] quap c.8 acc Lc, one c, c [wc] c o,9 cl b o, c c c.

scl pl, ppc, l - cl lplc [multiplicit actuelle].0 t c-- traituniquepc c, cl, lplc: Lc l cv [unit distinctive].1 i ll l p,

vk c v p-c l:i [] i kll [ l], v, i kll , c v wc i c b c ccc , b wc bl ll b b k w ll. a , b c: w c, xpl? a w, w wll i kw w i ?

Lk cl w c w b, pv c ll c v b c vl lv blcll p k / l b-b. y, cc, w v k b l l, k k wc l , //. al lv c v

l cpll, c c v , l , vlxpc w pv b ll c c l pclw vw b -c //. F ll ppcv, ll cv ll immanent c, k bc -

6. s iX, L 6/1/61.7. s iX, L 9/11/61.8. s iX, L 9/11/61.9. s iX, L 9/11/61.0. s iX, L 6/1/61.

1. s v ccp cv [un distincti ], s, Lacaniana: Les sminaires deJacques Lacan * 1953-1963, p. 0. t b kwl, Lc v xp s- iX. i l 1/1/61 0/1/61 l cv , wc i k b w .. s iX, l 6/1/61.. L 6/1/61. Lc cc , wl c lk extremec [] lv c, v j lvl ppc kl, cl wll b l [] lk . C p, sl bv llw: i cl c c l [lv] c l c. i bc - wk l, b bc c lv c,s, Lacaniana: Les sminaires de Jacques Lacan * 1953-1963, pp. 19-.


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bl - pv w ll lck lc.4 t, k c c l , -c, c l c, cl l-plc /, -lpl p v, l p 1. W c w Lc p c l ppc p- series k cv l b-bF w, l-l vl w v, cc. i l lvl, c c, w 1 + 1 cvl plc //, ppl blc b: bjc w c w .

Fll, kbl , cx, Lc l w cp-

bw / b pv w wc p. a w w cly c p ppl, p w c 6 pv c lpl v b cclbl bjc . i w, , c v wll p w w.7 m ccll, Lcckwl w cll l , bjc, , lpl lpl. i w, lvl p, -lpl, w Lc cl lplc: c-- p lpl--lpl, p w B, lpl vl (Be ).

i ppc b px bw B c lplc-

Lc cv w l l llw cvc.B c lplc, -lpl, ll ll b c, ll c; c thepp c lplc quac--,pl pbl pp a ( ). W lvl p w p proper namealpha, l l lpl, x w b p l . i, x ppl b c c kplc bl cvl: l , -lpl wll v b c a (, lcll, all p wll v l a pw).A cl w b p . Fllw r B, w p wl b

p c, p w p pc v -p.8

4. s iX, l 6/1/61.. s iX, L 6/1/61.6. t v vc wc pp b x wcwl b cv blckb (s iX, L 6/1/61).7. s iX, L 6/1/61.8. s B, P a-P al B B ev.


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Letter and ProPer name, or a is not a

t bc l c a a. Lc blv ppplc ccl b pbl. i l w l w c ll p cl vlv c. t cl l [] c , cvl, x c.9 m pccll, Lc, a appp ll xc a, c letter, wc, w v, l b , c. Lc bl pp c-c wc a a bl t l lw bc bck l. i

a c a i l, v a cb a c b a;40 a a a cl itsel, , wll-kw Lc lc, a b, a cll B: pcl, l a c b a.

Lc pp w w w pp l , wc xcbl w k. t pp c b w pc-l, pp b B rll: wl l pxc sc b pp c, , l pcl b bbv cpsc Pl , w k lck, c., cvl, v pcl cl -

b J. rl p l al g, Lc b-lv pp c b c bw l ( ); wv, p , pc l b w cv wc bjc p pc-l as. F cl p, c ll l b l cv , p; w , bll [] c w pc pp w pclcll w cc p l c.41 i w, pbl w g pp l pclcllbl bjc: bjc pl w p - w pp . o , Lc, bjc

c b l w c , l c-;4 cl l pl b pp bjc c l b xpl ll , pcll cc bcppc, l. t c b pp xcp w w lp bw

9. s iX, l 9/11/61.40. s iX, L 6/1/61.41. s iX, L 0/1/61.4. s iX, L 0/1/61.


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c wc cl l. 4

m pl, pp l l lp lc w k. Lc pll p cc-c pp lw [] lk [] w.44 a a sck l c l s iX:

t ccl p Lc w l ( ) wc bc, cvl bcpp pc l, .. pp.F b pl l l pc, pc l ll b x w k. W l

, Lc , pp b [] b lk w l g, b w w. t p cp kw l: lw b b lk pp c c ll l []. In the proper name,one thus rediscovers within the synchronic order o language a signifer in its pure state, a state

represented in diachronic (pre-)history by the primitive hunters notched bone.4

L wll . i bl c vcl pc- w, clcll pk; wv, l stricto sensu b c , Lc, ll cvl p w.Cvl, l w pl w w b pc: ww v p, pl , k, pv b c-. Lc cl pc , w v l , l lw vlv l v c:46 vl b pl k / cv l bwcll k v, v , p-c pc cc p * l i kll v ll c .

a c , w ccp b c p; b, b, c c p b *. P l, p-c p bjc v k . i l , wc cv p p -, w w vl l: w k p ll pc. t w pp: l cvl , b l l c , c l cpll p bjc .

F ll ppcv, w c w pp lstricto sensu w l ll b w k * pc

4. s iX, L 0/1/61.44. s iX, L 0/1/61.4. a. sc, Commentary on Lacan Seminar IX LIdentifcation, 20 December 1961, pbl ( p).46. s iX, l 0/1/61.


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as trait, , namedas such. a p, * bc pp p wc w pvl bjc b * l i kll. W cvl v ll lc pc l w c even b propernamem. a Lc , i c l v , lp.47 Wl p pcl ppl vl k wc, xp, llw: only , a pp , l c b b , cl l (lb p -l c). t c cc48 pp -l, c , l b J s mll,

bjc b w 49 l pc c:Lc Lc l Lc pp .

m pccll, pp [] pc c [] b-jc pcl pcll lk , pc- c, c l, b w l l [] cv b .0 t pp cl l blc pp: ppc b bl p, c-c c, w cc c l, ll pc c . i w, pp k[] lv b w k cl, cc p w cl pp b cc, , p

p.1

a w cpl w: pp bl l, , c l real, wll negation cl vlv l existentiallp. i l wc cvl k l bjc x (b kll l b), pp wc, p cvl l, llw bjc w -c b v .

= there eXists a negation

al w l cc B l -

47. s iX, L 10/1/6.48. s iX, L 0/1/61.49. s iX, L 0/1/61.0. s iX, L 10/1/6.1. s iX, L 10/1/6.. s iX, L 10/1/6. B w cb [ c] l x? i -blc c. t, w wll 1 blc. t 1 unary trait, , l pbl o p l l, al B, Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre, et aussi Zro,pbl.. s iX, L 10/1/6.


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lcl c, vl pbl b cc Lc fc pp vlbl b Being and Event. u Bl, w cl , Lc, pp c b w lvl, , wlpv l c. t pp l, k / pv b c lpl v wkxcl lk pp stricto sensu, Lc: , l -- lpl[] (Be 91) (bll p, lpl p...c......l...., ..c...., b......., ....c.., b........., .....k.., ...k....,........ c.) pp l. W cl l

pp stricto sensu vl c in c, pin p. i c c l c, c l, w wb c w pbl. Cl, pp c-c c c b b p (c) b c ( ) w vc (Be 98).

a p, w c pp l: w Lccc wc b c, , b l-? W vlv l cw b plc v- pv c c b cl c .4 t l w / ll x bjc, j xc b. y, l lw cl c- w cv c : - c b p pv v ccl , kll-j l c cl k p-blc l w bjc b . i pp w Bv l,6 Lc blv pl - wc wl xc l l v. i b-l c pp wc b b l l c l

wc b pl v;

7

pc ; cc ccl b negation. P l:t , ll l, bjc ccv x, bjc ccv x, bc bjc x cl bjc x w, , p xcl bjc b p l

4. s iX, l 7//6.. s iX, L 7//6.6. s iX, L 17/1/6.7. s iX, L 17/1/6.


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k wl.8

t c l , cc Lc, w b c b pbl l ( ) pv .9 i pp l x wc l pbl, l lw w x wc l k plc l pbl: pbl x lw l lw - . B l, b l, l p-bl, pbl, p c b , thel. h, Lc l w w: ) pbl llw pbl; b) p-bl pbl. B c pbl k w ccp

: l qual k plc l possibility pbl, pbl l c. i, l x, Lc , xcp xcl.60 i w, l pbl -c, b l pbl pbl: c enunciation o the nothing,61 ccpl b .

B plp k -lcll cl l wc l v x, x p , wc l xc bc lvl. a w Being and Event, x p , b-c, there exists a negation (Be 86 p); c blll xc b , xc x (Be 67). W - bll l xc bl: l bl

v-, v v. i, B cl l, v p pbl wc l -x (Be 69), Lc bjc, pbl pbl l x- xcl. i B, -x v bcvl b (c lplc-), Lc x-, x-, l l---blccvl bjc ( c l wc w wll b -,b in itsel, b pc blc).6 i, ll, B, v bll - , c b c c b (Be 68), Lc, l---blc cv w c pcl lvl, w v , -c. (i p b c

8. s iX, L 17/1/6.9. s iX, L 7//6.60. s iX, L 7//6.61. s iX, L 7//6.6. al b pl pbl b k b w, L-c pp l w pcl : cl wl l wc lw l ppcv vl l pc , c Jc Lc, The Seminar o Jacques Lacan. Book I, Freuds Papers onTechnique, 1953-1954, . J F, Jc-al (.), 1 ac ., nw yk, W.W. n,1988, pp. 11, 17.


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w-. mv, w- w blcw , /v: j , B, v bp p and p c, wc c xc -l, Lc c b l---blc pbl pbl and v p , wc c xc cv ).

W k l Lc pvcv k cc wc a a .6 ill, x , -a, l bl p : alpha x, a b a wc l l bl, b c, .

a , ccl p pl c64

c v , v- w w l cllp l c l. Lc xpl p cll: u l pp l [] l b lw pc [] b [] wl; c l w b b pp, cv, -1 b b b c .6 F w , p-bl semblance l ( ) c l b b -1, c pl c . n xcl w ll k plpcl, b, lcl, ppcv vl cb- xc -. a B k:

i wl b x pclv l k p w x cc cc bw u tl. i b v b pc, c pbl w Pl ll o pvl v all wlal pp cc.

s l c bw wl/p l /lpl l; bc, b, pp b . tlpl [] p-C pp b xc l c l. t lpl c b w-

(Be 81).

il , cx, B l w b -

l lcl cc wc w l, bwithout-one [sans-un], c Lc -1, -l. u l, pcl vl b blcc l b ccv b lpl, wc ll -p l v- bw-. t c b l lpl--lpl bc bl cllp l c bw l-

6. s iX, l 6/1/61.64. s iX, L 7//6.6. s iX, L 7//6.


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l l . u l l pxcll,w cl pcl lw l -multiplewl b l vl l wc v one-lpl. t, l pbl l bw l, belonging, wc c lpl c l p lpl (Be 81). B, ll w c c lpl cc parts. t l inclu-sion, wc c lpl b-lpl [ p] lpl (Be81). sc l l w b x pw, b, : bw bl cl l cl ll lpl included ppl x alpha[ l ] belong beta

[ pw]; , they orm a set, a multiple counted-as-one (Be 8 p). L wll l p, wc ccl B. acc xc -, llw c b :

cl v bl l pv l bw l, bl cl c;

c cl bl c l xc cl v bl, pw v ; xc xc bl: lw l l pw wc bl l ;

bl v, v v l;

v b : b v c bl v, v cl v;

v p b, v l; c, pw v l x;

pw v wc v l bl, cv cl v bl pw v; the void, orbetter its name, is thereore an element o the powerset it orms while it is not an element oitsel.

B c ccl pw v, wc v l bl, bl c-- l c, l bl. t, pw v w v --: , l c [] -- [] guar-anteedv pw- x ppl v [] p -- l pplcbl lpl pp x (Be 91 p). i, , w p b -- lw lpl c p -lpl, lvl c-- , vl c pw

v ccpl kbl, l counting the name o the void, the -1,

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as an element, a 1. i w pw v p w B cll c v, c , c, v cl ll withoutbl . a cc , vbl w c c c p wc, b -1 an l, p v, w pv semblance c bw l l l , v w b c lpl--lpl.

t w , c c k plc, v c lvl c; ll, c b b p ( c) w . Wl cv

c -- c-- l k v k plc p [] cv l (Be 97), c b -p w cccb pl plc. h, wl cl b cv, l, p , c, , c ( ) c ( pw ll ); , w l ckwl llw: cc- b c v k plc p -. F ll ppcv, w c pp b l c lpl c c, p l pw, b c p c p, l-l l v- l lpl bll l p b (Be48)wc l lw . a c, w l b v ll c cp p, x v, pc w w v (Be 9-94).

i l b B l plcl c v as such, purec v (Be 96 p) c v at the level bbl: c, p c w cc v. gv B lb cc pl pclc cb bc -lcl c, i k i c- ll cc v cc cl, p pl, c-c. The unconscious o the void, or, signifcantly enough, the phantom o inconsistency, is the

name retroactively imposed on the name void, the letter, by state repression. hv , b bv B l p llw: l (cc) b p ( cc) c , repetition v pv k plc v p cc x v.66

66. B l cc c p p cc v lcl b w cb c bw k plc vwcw x , o (Be 9): w x v, bc[] lclbl (Be 6), k plc pc l ll


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the suBJeCt as an error oF Counting

Lc bk l bw l llw wk wp. rp[] c l pv pk b pl; , xc l llw pbl k p pl . t , Lc, cc.67 a , wl b x Lc cc c pplb cc -cl x, p (F lpl pp v, x b-lpl wc p pp- xp b l (a )) (Be 46). Pp B xpl x, w cl pp , Lc, l p , w supposedv

xc l - xc b-lpl, c-c pl . t pl system c wc vl l-, llw c pc lw cc wc cc c lk l. a c cc lc cl, Lc, l c c xc, ll plw xc; cc bk w l l (Be 47). W w bl w B l bf Lc blc l xplc x p: pp v xc l - cpw l, blc, cvl p pl xc, cc pl . sc plc concomitantly l cc l,

blc xc wc, ccll, p l pl c-c, c /wl.

appl b x p p , p p xc cc pl ll l -xc v, , pccll, existence v part in-exists l. i, bc b-lpl l cp l - v wc -pl part object, bjc a. upl, Lc v p w b; pl c, wc, w w v , l l b ccv pl xc, c -1 o b mamma.

l (pv, ccl) v? i Saint Paul, B p l b associatedw x, x bjc wc , wv, x o lw ( ): t lw l c l , p. F l lwfxes bjc [], al B, Saint Paul: The Foundation o Univer-salism, . r B, s, s uv P, 00, p. 79. B lcl c-, l w c pv x lw w w Being and Event k plc v?F c c B c p w plcl bjc, slvj k, B: n F o db, International Journal o iek Studies, vl. 1, . ,006, p://c.l.c.k/k/cl.c?=1&= [vlbl -l p://c.l.c.k/k/cl.c?=1&=].67. s iX, l 4/1/6.


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i w, l -p c cl pp lp cl. m pcl, Lc xpl w w c l - l c cl ll w vl68l b -p -1: l cl c lb pl b bc mamma.

t ll bc mamma [] : c b mamma , w c l cl. [] tl, llw , cv l cl l l mamma; l bc c mamma c bc mamma.69

t -xc -p mammawc vl x v-p - b pcl xc mamma p p-bl bc mammaw l cl k whole. hw-v, Lc l pc , cc wl l -p -1, pc error o counting, clvl c b l semblance; b vl, c , v- -1, cl b pll p.

m pcl, Lc blv the subjectw cl k c: c c [] bjc l k c.70 t c c c bjc c, l lvl, w -c l b , v -p-

-1. P l, ll, bjc c 71 w b bjc, mammai [ ] c lp [] w bjc l [] .7 i l c , wc wk cvl c- c pp, pl bw cc cc, w cv bjc [] ll bl [] [l] verworen, pll p.7 ic pp bjccv c l, - 1, 1. m pccll, c c c-cl b b cv w cc bjc pl p l -cc -p -1 and cc k (, )l v -cc -p -1, , c

, v-. (scl pk, w pc c c c-c: cc, j lk cc, cv c c c c quac -).

68. s iX, l 7//6.69. s iX, L 7//6.70. s iX, L 7//6.71. s iX, L 7//6.7. s iX, L 4/1/6.7. s iX, L 7//6.


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Lc cll , w bjc, c l - plp pcl l k w llw xp, , l abjc. t, wll b pl c kw v k: w ll vlv bjc cc cc l ( -p c) , , l cc c l qua pbl74c, wv , l pcl w -x c . t cc cv c l c -cc- ///; pccll, l l w b -cc p, pc cpl p wc

c pbl.7

Cl, p cc b c, c c [c] cc p, j lk c -cc ///.76 a Lc p , p cc bll l ccl, w cc , - ccl; w cc l / lc l qua pblwc k bjc -1.77 ec cc p c p, k / lw w, pbl p /, -p p-bjc.

t bjc cc cc l, kwl [connaissance ], ppp k, c, b wc kw , wc v

c l cc c w pc . i p k k, bll p, -1 1, v - l c , v-, bc p-bjc, v p. iBeing and Event, B cl pcl p w c p wc pp v b b, c v p ll c p, c.

a B , l lcl c pcl c lcl pcpl ex also sequitur quodlibet: a l ( i v -

a) i l ( i p a), llw ( Bwv) (Be 86-87). t v p wc vll included ll pp v llw also; l v -

vc b x p , , , bl v, v v l. t v cl p cl p xc l bl v.

t k pcl , also, wc Lcblc c lk c, b o qua c, b. a w

74. s iX, L 7//6.7. s iX, L 7//6.76. s iX, L 7//6.77. s iX, L 7//6.


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v , Lc, ll w v -a, wc w k a a b c pblc; a lAutre b l pbl l pc k k. m pccll, Lc bjc,

v p ll pp vw xc -- l - l -xc p vll cllb lc lvl w cll blc bjc. d lcc bw cl b op c-plx -cc c ///, c wc blc bjc bjc wc cl b bjc , bjc p w lck. rkbl , Lc l

pc blc bjc is not nothingc pp beingblcll;78 p-bjc is p, v-p, l l l c , v-. t k lc l qua pbl w llw - wv b blcll , ll wc pcl xc v p. t wll b v cvl b c c, p ( p) wc Lc n---F; n---F, p-bjc , pll ,

v-p l cv l , k plc ap p -a. t n---F p x p-bjc wc bjc l v w -- p

-x p ll bl .

nous nous ComPtons ComPtant

Wl B l c bw c c c bw cc cc v, Lc p l w cc c c, n---F, lb . h p-cl b k cc b c w cc: j wll v b cc v , -cc c cwllv b cc cc p -a p c

p. t p -a b bjc pl b l bjc a cc l pl p n---F. i l one p cc c, n---F c l b s1, -. Ccl, b-

jc pp , wc vl pbl i, v , wllb cc (cl) n---F.

n s1 c c cc c

78. Jc Lc, Le sminaire livre IV. La relation dobjet, 1956-1957, P, sl, 1994, p. 1 ( p).


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p lvl. P l, -c-c c wll v b s1, cl, cc, c. i wl l b cc s1 p. Lc l l bw s 1w, s Xi, c -, pl s1 c b pv ck kll l.79

L ccl w llw k:

ill, bjc -x -1, w -c l b

l c ; pcl, lvl, bjc l b p, c, bw cp , pcl l, wc bjc -xc, xcbl v, blc bjc. a p n---F, c c, k plc, bjc -1c l 1; 1 l b w p bw c p l, w cc, c p, , cc c.80

t p, bw c v, wc c l c, c , ppbl l

blc bjc ( bjc lv) b bjc . o , c p, bw c c, pc . i p p p bjc c pv v: v k plc w p -ab p n---F.

t bjc c l 1 vl bjc p w represented cc pc bjc a c ; , bjc 1 cc pp -, -1.81 m pcl, bjc continues k 1 cc p pcl bc, c ,

-. dl p, bjc c l i cc vl l [se compter]l bc p c cl [se compter] - p w c bjc a

79. Jc Lc, The Four Fundamental Concepts o Psychoanalysis, L, V, 1998, p. 141.80. t p bw a(wc c-- bl, l) (a) (wc c-- cl, b) [] p wc p b . [] i a (a)w c. i w ? W w c? t p, ppl ccl, wll l ll w Subject (Be 8-84, p).81. s pcll l /6/199 Jc Lc, Seminar VI (1958-1959), Le dsir et son interpretation,pbl.

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c l .8

t bjc l i w llw c b,1,,,4,; c cc ccpv cc c b p l b s1. Wl l ccpl v, b v l: v p p c b c c.

a cc lvl cc, p bjc 1 bjc acl pv -1 v pv //// wc c c w, c bll . o , lvl cc, bjc l i kl 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 b , , 4,wc , cc pl c lv xpc.

t c bjc 1 , , bjc p bjc l -multiple.8 t w ccvl lvl lpl: c l -; c lplc v b c l bjc (k l); bjc pl bw cc cc . t pl bjc lplc pclc b xc cc, c

p, jk, lp . hwv, bjc lplc p b c c, j cc lpl -p b c. t c c b bl v c , p, c, l p ; v bl pc , b l p c b ppc[] [ccl] l b .84 Fll, p w v k plcl l b c pc wc x , plc, .8

L Cscl ep Cl L,

uv K, uK

8. s Vi, l /6/199.8. P l, cbl (s iX, l 4/1/6).84. Jc Lc, Le sminaire livre V. Les ormations de linconscient, 1957-1958, P, sl, 1998, p. 0.8. Jc Lc, Le sminaire livre X. Langoisse, 1962-1963, P, sl, 004, p. 91. F l l lcl x w p, Cp C, Lacan and Subjectivity:A Philosophical Introduction.

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