Often controversial and always inspiring, Jacques Lacan analyzes the theories of the relationship between the desire for love and the acquisition of knowledge through the thoughts of thinkers such as Aristotle, Marx, and Freud. He guides us through mathematics, philosophy, religion, and, of course, psychoanalysis, offering us a completely new way of interpreting the two most fundamental human driving forces. This developed translation presents Lacan's most sophisticated work on love and desire.