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Behavior
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]]" differs is distinct from mere [[act|behavior]] (that of -- 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>
 ''[[Act|The Act]]'' is a [[act|human act]], "since to our [[knowledge]] there is no other [[act]] but the [[human]] one.  It is distinct from mere [[act|behavior]]. [[Lacan]] draws a distinction between mere "[[act|behavior]]" -- which all animals engage in -- and an "[[actsact]]" -- which are [[symbolic]] and can only be ascribed to [[human]] [[subjects]].<ref>{{S11}} p.50</ref>   ''human act'', if you like, since to our [[knowledge]], there is no other [[act]] but the [[human]] one. Why is an [[act]] not mere behaviour?
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