A New Love for the Unconscious
Cyrus Saint Amand Poliakoff
At the infamous hellenic salon, Socrates turns down Alcibiades. He attempts to show the sexy, albeit aging love of his life: it is not me that you want. The desire of the analyst interprets: that’s not it. Catch the intoxicating dart of Eros, turn it back, “Your head turns away: O the new love! Your head turns back,—O the new love!” We do it in the name of reason, to dedicate analysis not to the object of one’s affections, nor to the love of beauty, but to the cause of love itself.
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