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==False Appearance==
Running throughout [[Lacan]]'s work is the idea that appearances are deceptive, an idea that is closely connected to the classical philosophical opposition between [[appearance]] and [[essence]].<ref>{{SllS11}} p.103ff</ref>
The very distinction between the [[imaginary]] and the [[symbolic]] implies this opposition between [[appearance]] and [[essence]].
