T: And is not, then, the abnegation of this logic precisely a complement to Lacan's ethic of psychoanalysis and of our duty to follow our desire? Lacan bows to Freud who bows to Nietzsche who bows to Emerson. Emerson quotes a Latin phrase in his essay, "Compensation": Res nolunt diu male administrari (things refuse to be mismanaged long). Anyone know a citation for this? Sounds like Cicero in one of his late essays. Regards, E ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html