The article explores both Nietzsche's and tacan's conception of truth. While Nietzsche believes that many truths exist, which each of us adopts according to his or her personal strength, Lacan believes that we all live a lie. We embrace lies because we cannot accept the truth of our basic desire - sexual longing for our mother. While Nietzsche prescribes understanding truth as a series of perspectives, Lacan claims there is only one fundamental truth - incest.
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