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In ''[[La relation d'objet]]'' [[Lacan]] provided a way of understanding the paradoxical function of [[transference]] in the [[treatment|analytical cure]].

In its [[imaginary|imaginary dimension]] ([[love]] and [[love|hate]]) it acts as a [[resistance]] to the [[treatment]].

He uses [[Plato]]'s [[The Symposium]] to illustrate the rapport between [[analysand]] and [[analyst]]: Alcibiades compares Socrates to a box enclosing a precious object, ''agalma''.