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[[Lacan]] bases this distinction on the fact that in order to satisfy his [[needs]] the [[infant ]] must articulate them in [[language]]; in other words, the [[infant ]] must articulate his [[needs]] in a "[[demand]]".

However, in doing so, something else is introduced which causes a [[split ]] between [[need]] and [[demand]]; this is the fact that every [[demand]] is not only an articulation of [[need]] but also an (unconditional) [[demand]] for [[love]].

Now, althought although the [[other ]] to whom the [[demand]] is addressed (in the first instance, the [[mother]]) can and may supply the [[object]] which satisfies the [[infant]]'s [[need]], she is never in a position to answer the [[demand]] for [[love]] unconditionally, because she too is [[division|divided]].

The result of this [[split ]] between [[need]] and [[demand]] is an insatiable leftover, which is [[desire]] itself.