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Lacan's engagement with Joyce's writing does not, he insists, entail 'applied psychoanalysis'. Topological theory is not conceived of as merely another kind of representational account, but as a form of writing, a praxis aiming to figure that which escapes the imaginary. To that extent, rather than a theoretical object or 'case', Joyce becomes an exemplary saint homme who, by refusing any imaginary solution, was able to invent a new way of using language to organise enjoyment.
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A [[sinthome]] is the [[Reuleaux triangle]] figure found in the center of a [[Borromean knot]].{{fact}}
In [[Jacques Lacan|Jacques Lacan's]] theory of [[psychology]], each of the rings composing a Borromean knot represent the real, the imaginary, and the symbolic. The core of a person's psyche can be found when these three rings overlap in the sinthome.
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