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Poet or poem?

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Lacan, stressing how language controls us, says "I am not a poet, but a poem."

I don't know about Lacan, but that is certainly the case for Christians: "For we are His workmanship (Gr. poema), created in Christ Jesus for good works" (Ephesians 2:10).

posted by Peter J. Leithart on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 at 08:37 AM

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