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==Behavior==
An "[[act]]" is not mere "[[act|behavior]]" (such as that of all '''[[nature|animals]]''') but a uniquely [[act|''human'' act]], "since to our [[knowledge]] there is no other [[act]] but the [[human]] one." The term "[[act]]" does not simply refer to "[[act|behavior]]" (that of all [[nature|animals]]). The "[[act]]" is distinct from mere [[act|behavior]] -- in which all '''[[nature|animals]]''' engage -- in that it is a necessarily [[act|''human'' act]], "since to our [[knowledge]] there is no other [[act]] but the [[human]] one. The "[[act]]" is distinct from mere [[act|behavior]] -- in which all '''[[nature|animals]]''' engage -- in that it can only be ascribed to [[human]] [[subjects]]; it is a [[act|''human'' act]], "since to our [[knowledge]] there is no other [[act]] but the [[human]] one.<ref>{{S11}} p. 50</ref> [[Lacan]] draws a distinction between mere "[[act|behavior]]" -- which all animals engage in -- and an "[[act]]" -- which can only be ascribed to [[human]] [[subjects]].<ref>{{S11}} p. 50</ref>
==Responsibility==
== References ==
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{{FFC}} p. 50
<blockquote>[[Repetition]] first appears in a form that is not clear, that is not self-evident, like a reproduction, or a making present, ''in act''. That is why I have placed ''The Act'' with a large question-mark at the bottom of the blackboard so as to indicate that, as long as we speak of the relations of [[repetiiton]] with the [[real]], this [[act]] will remain on our horizon.</blockquote>
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