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[[Lacan]] argues, in opposition to the traditions of classical [[philosophy]], that [[truth]] is not [[beautiful]]<ref>{{S7}} p.217</ref> and that it is not necessarily beneficial to learn the [[truth]].<ref>{{Sl7S17}} p.122</ref>

[[Lacan]] speaks about '"[[truth]]' " in the singular, not as a single [[universal]] [[truth]], but as [[particular]] [[truth]], unique to each [[subject]].<ref>{{S7}} p.24</ref>

"[[Truth]] hollows its way into the [[real]] thanks to the dimension of [[speech]]. There is neither [[true]] nor [[false]] prior to [[speech]]."<ref>{{SlS1}} p.228</ref> 

From [[Lacan]]'s earliest writings, the term '"[[truth]]' " has metaphysical, even mystical, nuances which problematise any attempt to articulate [[truth]] and [[science]].

The complex relations between [[truth]], mistakes, error and [[deception]] are evoked by [[Lacan]] in a typically elusive phrase when he describes "the structuration of speech in search of truth" as "error taking flight in deception and recaptured by mistake."<ref>{{SlS1}} p. 273</ref>

[[Lacan]] does not use the term '"[[fiction]]' " in the sense of 'a falsehood', but in the sense of a [[scientific]] construct.<ref>{{S7}} p.12</ref>

Thus [[Lacan]]'s term '"[[fiction]]' " corresponds to [[Freud]]'s term ''Konvention'', convention,<ref>{{S11}} p.163</ref> and has more in common with [[truth]] than falsehood.