This Lacan's article, written at the request of Wallon is published in French Encyclopedia, part VIII, March 1 1938. Below is the plan of this article reproduced almost as contained in the original edition: intertitles were imposed to Lacan by Lucien Febvre (responsible for the French Encyclopedia) and Henri Wallon (Head of Volume VIII, entitled: "The mental life"). This work has its unusual history: relate to the Memorandum of Lucien Febvre in question in Jacques Lacan The Elisabeth Roudinesco. Directed by aejcpp. HTML Format