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[[Lacan]] develops an important distinction between three terms: [[need]], [[demand]] and [[desire]].
In the context of this distinction, 'need' (''besoin'') comes close to what [[Freud]] referred to as [[instinct]] (''Instinkt''); that is, a purely [[biology|biological]] concept opposed to the realm of the [[drive]] (''Trieb'').
The [[child]], in order to satisfy his or her [[need]]s, must articulate his or her [[need]]s in [[language]]; in other words, the [[child]] must articulate his or her [[need]]s in a '[[demand]]'.
