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=====Jacques Lacan=====

Whenever [[Lacan]] opposes [[being]] to [[existence]], it is with [[existence]] in the [[real]], which contrasts with the [[symbolic]] function of [[being]]. Something may thus ''be'' without ''[[existence|existing]]'', when it is constructed from [[speech]] but finds no correlate in the [[real]] (e.g. the complete [[Other]]). Conversely, something may ''[[existence|exist]]'' without ''[[being]]'', such as the "ineffable, stupid existence" of the [[subject]], which cannot be completely reduced to a signifying articulation.<ref>{{E}} p.194</ref>

==More==

[[Lacan]] coins the neologism '''[[parlêtre]]''' from the verbal noun ''[[être]]'' ("[[being]]") and the verb ''[[speech|parler]]'' ("[[speech|to speak]]") to emphasize his point that [[being]] is constituted in and through [[language]]. A [[human]] [[being]] is above all a [[parlêtre|speaking being]].

==See Also==

* [[Analysand]]

* [[Analyst]]

* [[Desire]]

* [[Existence]]

* [[Speech]]

* [[Subject]]

* [[Symbolic]]

== References ==

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