It is ... certain that, for Lacan as for Heidegger, something has been forgotten or lost between the Pro-Socratics and Plato. It is not, however, the meaning of being. It is, rather, the meaning of non-relation, of the first separation or gap. Indeed, what has been lost is thought's recognition of the difference between the sexes as such.
One could also say that between the Pre-Socratics and Plato, a change takes place in the way difference is thought. This is fundamental for Lacan, since the signifier is constituted by difference. Empedocles and Heraclitus posit that, in the thing itself, identity is saturated by difference. Plato could be said to have lost sight of this line of argument, since he removed the possibility of identifying difference within the identy of the Idea.
12pg Lacan- Silent Partners
Thinking In Its Broadest Sense... Just my readings and reflections
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