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* {{L}} ''[[Seminar XI|The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-Analysis]]''. Ed. [[Alan Sheridan]]. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1981. p. 189 | * {{L}} ''[[Seminar XI|The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-Analysis]]''. Ed. [[Alan Sheridan]]. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1981. p. 189 | ||
* {{Z}} ''[[The Fragile Absolute]]''. p. 150 | * {{Z}} ''[[The Fragile Absolute]]''. p. 150 | ||
| − | <blockquote>"Was not such a gesture [of the [[act]]] already that of Abraham, commanded by God to sacrifice Isaac, his only son, that which mattered more to him than himself? In his case, of course, an angel intervened at the last moment, staying Abraham's hand. (In the Christian reading, one could claim that the actual killing was unnecessary, since the only thing that mattered was inner intention, just as one has already committed a sign if one simply covets one's neighbour's wife.)"</blockquote> | + | <blockquote>"Was not such a gesture [of the [[act]]] already that of Abraham, commanded by God to sacrifice Isaac, his only son, that which mattered more to him than himself? In his [[case]], of course, an angel intervened at the last [[moment]], staying Abraham's hand. (In the [[Christian]] [[reading]], one could [[claim]] that the actual killing was unnecessary, since the only [[thing]] that mattered was inner [[intention]], just as one has already committed a [[sign]] if one simply covets one's neighbour's wife.)"</blockquote> |
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- Lacan, Jacques. The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-Analysis. Ed. Alan Sheridan. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1981. p. 189
- Žižek, Slavoj. The Fragile Absolute. p. 150
"Was not such a gesture [of the act] already that of Abraham, commanded by God to sacrifice Isaac, his only son, that which mattered more to him than himself? In his case, of course, an angel intervened at the last moment, staying Abraham's hand. (In the Christian reading, one could claim that the actual killing was unnecessary, since the only thing that mattered was inner intention, just as one has already committed a sign if one simply covets one's neighbour's wife.)"
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