Abstract
In the 1960-61 seminar, where he faces the question of transference love, Jacques Lacan uses Plato’s Symposium to thematize the nature of erotic desire from a psychoanalytical point of view. What ultimately emerges from this debate between the science of psychoanalysis and love on the one hand and a classic of philosophical thought on the other, is the subversive nature of erotic desire: Eros, more than acting as an intermediary between the gods and men, and hence as a protector of relations in general, becomes the third wheel throwing into crisis and breaking up links and unions. As a median, Eros is rather a broken one, which blocks the regular course of human actions. Eros is tragic more than it is sentimental.
Keywords:
- Keyword: Agalma
- Keyword: Desire
- Keyword: Plato
- Keyword: symposium
- Keyword: Transference
How to Cite:
Moroncini, B., (2017) “On Love: Jacques Lacan and Plato’s Symposium”, The European Journal of Psychoanalysis 3(1), 1–16.
Rights: Incopyright
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