# Seminar, Book XXIII: The Sinthome

- Link: https://eksis.eu/seminaire-livre-xxiii-le-sinthome/?lang=en
- Published: 2026-06-16T09:52:06+00:00
- Author: Micha

The Sinthome is the concept that doubles and supports the Borromean structure of
the unconscious. As a fourth ring, it holds together the Real, the Symbolic, and
the Imaginary.

In Seminar XXIII, Lacan formalizes how Joyce bypassed the Name-of-the-Father through
his writing, making his art a Sinthome that compensates for the structural failure
of his knot.