Un commentaire sur la théorie freudienne du plaisir, de l'appareil psychique et de l'imaginaire, ainsi qu'une définition de la méthodolie psychanalytique.

The French text was prepared by Jacques-Alain Miller in consultation with Jacques Lacan, from the transcriptions of the seminar.

'The Seminar: Books I and II have a special place because of their value as an introduction to Lacan...[They] are a sure path of entry into Lacan's critique of ego psychology.