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* the [[discourse]] of the '''[[hysteric]]''', and
* the [[discourse]] of the '''[[analyst]]'''.
=====Four Symbols=====
[[Image:Lacan-fourdiscourseletters.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Algebra]]ic [[symbol]]s from the [[Four Discourses]]]]
Each of the [[discourse|four discourses]] is represented by an [[matheme|algorithm]], each of which contains four [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s. Each of the [[discourse|four discourses]] is represented by an [[matheme|algorithm]] of four [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s. [[Lacan]] represents each of the [[discourse|four discourses]] by an '''[[matheme|algorithm]]''': each [[matheme|algorithm]] contains ''four'' [[algebraic]] '''[[symbol]]s'''.
The [[discourse|four discourses]] correspond to ''four'' '''[[matheme|algorithms]]''': each [[matheme|algorithm]] contains ''four'' [[algebraic]] '''[[symbol]]s'''.
=====Four Positions=====
The '''[[discourse|positions]]''' of these ''four'' '''[[symbol]]s''' is what distinguishes the [[discourse|four discourses]] from one another.
=====Four Positions=====
Each [[discourse]] has ''four'' [[discourse|positions]], which stand in a fixed relationship to one another.
There are ''four '' [[discourse|positions]] in each [[discourse]], which stand in a fixed relationship to one another.
There are ''four '' [[discourse|positions]] in the [[algorithms]] of the [[discourse|four discourses]], each of which is designated by a different name.
=====Four Namess=====
[[Image:Lacan-structurefourdiscourses.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The structure of the four discourses]]
The first position (with which each [[discourse]] starts) is called the [[discourse|agent]].
The four position is called the [[discourse|truth]].
The names of the ''four'' [[discourse|positions]] are shown below.<ref>{{S20}} p. 21</ref>