Of The Real, Paradoxes And Contradictions

In Lacan's teaching with regard to the real and its articulation to the imaginary and the symbolic, I would like to point out some paradoxes and contradictions with respect to four aspects: (1) Starting from the symbolic; (2) impossible to penetrate; (3) the non-existence of sexual rapport; (4) the impossible in relation to the original repression. Starting from the notion of the symbolic, Lacan comments: Many things get a direction and become clear, but many paradoxes and contradictions appear (...) that are not because of this, opacities or obscurities.[1] To avoid mere confusion with respect to the real, the first step is imposed: start from the symbolic order, because, according to Lacan, 'it's from there that the other orders, imaginary and real, find their place and get ordered'.[2] This affirmation in Seminar I is repeated in a similar way in this same Seminar and throughout Lacan's teaching.…