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→The Symbolic Father
The [[presence]] of the [[imaginary]] [[phallus]] as a third term in the [[preoedipal phase|preoedipal]] [imaginary|imaginary triangle]] indicates that the [[symbolic]] [[father]] is alreay functioning at the [[preoedipal phase|preoedipal stage; behind the [[symbolic]] [[mother]], there is always the [[symbolic]] [[faatherfather]].
The [[sychotic], however, doe snot even ge tthis far; indeed, it is the [[absence]] of the [[symbolic]] [[father]] which characteizes the essence of the [[psychotic]] [[structure]].
==The Imaginary Father==
