Since Socrates never wrote a work, we can assume that the thought we received from him is based in one point that is central and very dear to Psychoanalysis as much as it is to this same thought: the presence in face of the other. The article examines the characteristics of Socratic procedures highlighting the impact it has on its interlocutor. Then, it takes the wealthy of principles of Socrates to examine, using the lenses of psychoanalysis itself, the conditions these principles offer to better develop Psychoanalytic formulations.
Presence of Socrates; presence of Psychoanalysis