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saghm 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Are you stuck in movie logic?

I'm not sure I understand that quote. Doesn't language exist because there isn't any other way to say some things? How else would one say most things?

snypher 8 months ago [–]

Most things don't need to be said, like my comment. I could have just had a thought, and continued on with my day.

I like this quote; Language, according to Lacan, is a process of speaking whereby one's history is made real.

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