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As an element of the [[real]], the [[letter]] is [[meaning]]less in itself. [[Lacan]] illustrates this by referring to ancient [[Egyptian hieroglyphics]], which were indecipherable to Europeans for so long. Until Champollion was able to decipher [[them ]] on the basis of the Rosetta Stone, no one knew how to [[understand ]] these enigmatic inscriptions, but it was nevertheless clear that they were organized into a signifying [[system]].<ref>{{S1}} p. 244-5; {{E}} p. 160</ref> In the same way, the [[signifier]] persists as a [[meaning]]less [[letter]] which makes the destiny of the [[subject]] and which he must decipher.

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