And Yet...

As a tribute to the memory of Bill Richardson, this paper deals with the ongoing discussion between psychoanalysis and philosophy. It begins with Lacan’s poem, Panta Rhei [1]- with Heraclitus in mind, and goes on to consider the significance of Lacan’s translation of Heidegger’s Logos. Martin Heidegger was no friend of psychoanalysis. His first serious exposure to it came through the ministrations of Medard Boss, who, in effect, introduced him to Freud.…