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==Dialectic==The "[[beautiful soul]]" is a [[stage ]] in the [[dialectic ]] of [[self-consciousness ]] which [[Hegel ]] describes in the''[[Phenomenology of Spirit]]''.<ref>[[Hegel|Hegel, G. W. F.]] ''[[Phenomenology of Spirit]]'', trans. A. V. [[Miller]], with [[Analysis]] of the [[Text]] and Foreward by [[J. N. Findlay]], Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985 [1807].</ref> The [[beautiful soul]] projects its own disorder onto the [[world]] and attempts to [[cure]] this disorder by imposing "the law of the heart" on everyone else.
Phenomenology of Spirit (Hegel==Ego==For [[Lacan]], 1807). The the [[beautiful soul projects its own]] is a perfect [[metaphor]] for the [[ego]]:
<blockquote>"[T]he ego of modern man ... has taken on its [[form]] in the [[dialectical]] [[impasse]] of the ''belle âme'' who does not recognise his very own ''raison d'être'' in the disorder onto that he denounces in the world and attempts to cure this disorder by imposing 'the law."<ref>{{E}} p. 70</ref></blockquote>
of the heart' on everyone else. For Lacan==Paranoia==In a more extreme way, the [[beautiful soul is a perfect]] also illustrates the [[structure]] of [[paranoia]]c [[misrecognition]] (''[[méconnaissance]]'').<ref>{{Ec}} pp. 172-3</ref>
metaphor for ==Neurosis==The [[concept]] of the ego; '[[beautiful soul]] illustrates the ego of modern man . . way that [[neurosis|neurotics]] often deny their own [[responsibility]] for what is going on around [[them]]. has taken on its form in
the dialectical impasse ==Ethics of the belle ‚me who does not recognise his very Psychoanalysis==The [[ethics]] of [[psychoanalysis]] enjoin [[analysand]]s to recognize their ownpart in their [[suffering]]s.
raison d==Dora==Thus when [[Dora]] complains [[about]] [[being]] treated as an [[object]] of [[exchange]] by the men around her, [[Freud]]'Ítre s first [[intervention]] is to confront her with her own complicity in the disorder that he denounces in the world' (E, 70)this exchange.<ref>{{Ec}} p. In a more218-19</ref>
extreme way, the beautiful soul also illustrates the structure of paranoiac==See Also=={{See}}misrecognition (see M…CONNAISSANCE) (Ec, 172-3).* [[Consciousness]]* [[Dialectic]] The concept of the beautiful soul illustrates the way that neurotics often||* [[Ego]]deny their own responsibility for what is going on around them (see AcT). The* [[Ethics]]||ethics of psychoanalysis enjoin analysands to recognise their own part in their* [[Méconnaissance]]* [[Metaphor]]sufferings. Thus when Dora complains about being treated as an object of||* [[Neurosis]]exchange by the men around her, Freud's first intervention is to confront her* [[Paranoia]] with her own complicity in this exchange (Ec, 218-19; see Freud, 1905e).{{Also}}
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