The Sophist And The Psychoanalyst

In the Crucial Problems for Psychoanalysis[1] Lacan announces: The psychoanalyst is the presence of the sophist in our time ...'. In this paper I will investigate this provocative statement. The paper is divided into four sections. Firstly I will introduce you to different understandings of the term sophist and then in the subsequent three sections I will situate and explore a text of Plato's entitled Sophist[2] under the following headings: Two: Getting it wrong: the possibility of falsehood and deception.…