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[[act]] ([[FrenchFr]]: . ''[[acte]]'')

[[Lacan]] draws a distinction between mere "[[behavior]]" -- which all animals engage in -- and an "[[actacts]]" -- which (is are [[symbolic]] and) can only be ascribed to [[human ]] [[subjects]].<ref>{{S11}} p.50</ref>       

Hence someone may well commit an [[act ]] which he claims was unintentional, but which [[analysis]] reveals to be the expression of an [[unconscious]] [[desire]].

[[Freud]] called these acts '[[act]]s "[[parapraxes]]', " or '"[[bungled actions]]'. "

They are '"bungled' " only from the point of view of the [[conscious ]] intention, since they are successful in expressing an [[unconscious ]] [[desire]].<ref>see [[Freud|Freud, 1901bSigmund]]. ''The Psychopathology of Everyday Life''. SE VI. 1901.</ref>

[[Lacan ]] dedicates a year of his [[seminar ]] to discussing further the nature of the [[psychoanalytic ]] [[act]].<ref>Lacan, 1967-8</ref> ==Conclusion== A [[bungled action]] is, as has been stated, successful from the point of view of the [[unconscious]].

A bungled action Nevertheless, this success is, as has been stated, successful from the point of view of only partial because the [[unconscious]] [[desire]] is expressed in a distorted form.

NeverthelessIt follows that, this success when it is fully and [[conscious]]ly assumed, "suicide is the only partial because the unconscious desire is expressed in a distorted formcompletely successful act. "<ref>Lacan, 1973a: 66-7</ref>

It follows that, when it is fully and consciously assumed, 'suicide is the only completely successful The [[act'<ref>Lacan, 1973a: 66-7</ref>, since it then ]] expresses completely an intention which is both [[conscious ]] and [[unconscious]], the conscious assumption of the unconscious [[death drive ]] (on the other hand, a sudden impulsive suicide attempt is not a true act, but probably a [[passage to the act]]).

The [[death drive ]] is thus closely connected with the ethical domain in [[Lacan]]'s thought.