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Jacques Lacan claimed that, even if a jealous husband’s claim about his wife – that she sleeps around with other men – is true, his jealousy is still pathological. Why? The true question is “not is his jealousy well-grounded?”, but “why does he need jealousy to maintain his self-identity?”
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I'm not sure whether the word order "not is his jealousy well-grounded?" is right. In my view, the word order should be like this: "is not his jealousy well-grounded?" (She is lovely. Isn't she lovely?) Am I wrong?
Jacques Lacan claimed that, even if a jealous husband’s claim about his wife – that she sleeps around with other men – is true, his jealousy is still pathological. Why? The true question is “not is his jealousy well-grounded?”, but “why does he need jealousy to maintain his self-identity?”
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I'm not sure whether the word order "not is his jealousy well-grounded?" is right. In my view, the word order should be like this: "is not his jealousy well-grounded?" (She is lovely. Isn't she lovely?) Am I wrong?
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It is incorrectly punctuated. ”
- It is incorrectly punctuated.
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It is incorrectly punctuated. It should read:
The true question is not "Is his jealousy well-grounded?”, but “Why does he need jealousy to maintain his self-identity?”
The true question is not "Is his jealousy well-grounded?”, but “Why does he need jealousy to maintain his self-identity?”
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