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The text develops an ontology shaped by Lacan’s deflationary framework and Nietzsche’s reading of the “will to power,” distinguishing weak sublimation from strong sublimation. It applies these contrasts to classical tragedy and philosophy, moving from Antigone and Socrates’ Alcibiades to a Christocentric moral horizon, then to nature and desire in modern science, including Lacan’s critique and Nietzsche’s scientific remarks.","Lacan’s Ethics and Nietzsche’s Critique of Platonism  \nSUNY series, Insinuations: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Literature  \nCharles Shepherdson, editor  \nLacan’s Ethics and Nietzsche’s Critique of Platonism  \nTIM THEMI  \nCover art courtesy of Thanasi Bakatsoulas. The work is entitled “Sun-Ilios.”Published by State University of New York Press, Albany  \n© 2014 State University of New York All rights reserved  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nNo part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher.  \nFor information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY [www.sunypress.edu](www.sunypress.edu)  \nProduction by Eileen Nizer Marketing by Anne Valentine  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nThemi, Tim, 1975–  \nLacan’s ethics and Nietzsche’s critique of platonism / Tim Themi. pages cm.—(Insinuations : philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-1-4384-5039-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)  \n1. Psychoanalysis and philosophy. 2. Psychoanalysis and culture. 3. Platonists.  \n4. Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981. 5. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844–1900.  \nI. Title.  \nBF175 .4.P45T54 2014  \n170—dc23 2013015893  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nFor Nietzsche, the way he points to the Greeks, the will to power, and all subsequently who teach it—to Lacan for keeping Freudian experience alive.  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nAbbreviations xi  \nINTRODUCTION 1  \n1. THE DEFLATIONARY ONTOLOGY OF LACAN AND  \nNIETZSCHE 7  \n1.1 Lacan’s Tripartite Schema with Nietzsche’s Critique of  \nPlato’s Good 8  \n1.2 Lacan’s Freudian Thing in the Critique of Aristotle’s Good 15  \n2. DISTINGUISHING WEAK SUBLIMATION FROM THE STRONG 23  \n2.1 The Promise of Sublimation and Its Discontents 24  \n2.2 Lacan’s Treatment of Sublimation 30  \n2.3 Nietzsche’s Distinction between Weak and Strong 36  \n3. BEFORE THE GOOD: STRONG ETHICS IN SOPHOCLES’  \nANTIGONE 41  \n3.1 Creon against Antigone: In the Name of the Good 41  \n3.2 Antigone against Creon: Lacan, the Beautiful, a  \nSecond Death 47  \n3.3 Before the Good: Nietzsche’s Strong Dionysian Catharsis 54  \n4. BIRTH OF THE GOOD: WEAK ETHICS IN SOCRATES’  \nALCIBIADES 65  \n4.1 Lacan’s Analysis of Symposium Speeches Prior to Socrates 65  \n4.2 The Speech of Socrates: Denaturalizing with Diotima 70  \n4.3 Enter Alcibiades: Renaturalizing with Object Agalma 76  \nviii / CONTENTS  \n5. GOD OF THE GOOD: CHRISTOCENTRIC OEDIPAL  \nMORALITY 87  \n5.1 The Deaths of God in Lacan’s Seminar VII 87  \n5.2 Recapitulating a Decade Later in Seminar XVII 93  \n5.3 The Nietzschean Appraisal from The Anti-Christ 97  \n6. SERVICE OF GOODS: NATURE AND DESIRE IN MODERN SCIENCE 107  \n6.1 Lacan’s Critique of Science in Seminar XVII 108  \n6.2 Nietzsche’s Empiricist-Centered Positive Comments on  \nScience 117  \n6.3 Lacan’s Mathematics-Centered Positive Comments on  \nScience 123  \nCONCLUSION 129  \nNotes 137  \nBibliography 169  \nIndex 181  \nAcknowledgments  \nAn early version of the material in Chapter 1 appeared as “How Lacan’s Ethics Might Improve Our Understanding of Nietzsche’s Critique of Platonism: The Neurosis and Nihilism of a ‘Life’ Against Life,” in Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy 4 (2008): 328–46. I also acknowledge the support of Russell Grigg among many others, including family and friends.","cbCaitLm6ovHsSgO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitLm6ovHsSgO","pdf",2519483,5,1,210,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n# The Deflationary Ontology of Lacan and Nietzsche\n# Distinguishing Weak Sublimation from the Strong\n# Before the Good: Strong Ethics in Sophocles’ Antigone\n# Birth of the Good: Weak Ethics in Socrates’ Alcibiades\n# God of the Good: Christocentric Oedipal Morality\n# Service of Goods: Nature and Desire in Modern Science\n# Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"What core philosophical problem does the book address?\",\"answer\":\"The book investigates how Lacanian ethics relates to Nietzsche’s critique of Platonism, focusing on ethical ontology and the status of the “good.”\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text distinguish weak and strong sublimation?\",\"answer\":\"It develops a contrast between weak sublimation and strong sublimation, linking each to different ethical and 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