Formula for Desire

From the ancient Greek philosophers, the one I singled out is Heraclitus, the so-called dark one; perhaps some readers if him feel anxious in disorder in the non-syntax of spacetime when one experiences the philosopher’s sayings, in a supposed anarchy. Supposed one. But topologically, in the unconscious there is no disorder, the up and down or inside and outside are the same points and they depend on the position of the subject in relation to the object he seeks to complete the mirror image, through which he will try to fulfill his fantasy. Both the subject and space are repeated. Let’s propose a formula for desire, but in the form of an addition: “Desire = Act + truth.” The Act and the truth are one like the monk with his cloak.

Petros Patounas, Lacanian Psychoanalyst