The Virus

I like the sharpness of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, when he speaks of people’s ways: “We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.” I think that two dimensions interfere with the flow of things: our desire, and the viruses, viruses that are literal but mostly figurative, that is, viruses of our soul. I think again, I'm in a dialogue with Goethe, that we are the "virus" that destroys everything that really wants to live - and so ironically with the treatment will be lost with as well. This is for those who want to get rid of their suffering, without being ready to take on the responsibility of their "I want"…

Petros Patounas, Lacanian Psychoanalyst