In 1980, shortly before his death, Lacan claims that he never set out to overtake Freud, but to continue his work, emphasizing that he dedicated himself to putting in form the tie of the fixation of desire with the mechanisms of the unconscious.
En 1980, poco tiempo antes de su muerte, Lacan reivindica que nunca se propuso sobrepasar a Freud, sino prolongarlo, y allí sostiene que se ha dedicado a poner en forma el lazo de la fijación al deseo con los mecanismos del inconsciente.