ABSTRACT
Object, and for that matter subject too, are not quite exact and rather aggressive renderings of much gentler, unaggressive Greek words. Both object and subject have further aggressive connotations. According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, 'to object' means 'to adduce as objection; state as damaging fact to or against a person, etc.; state objection; feel or express disapproval. 'Object' seems to have two interrelated meanings. The source is the part of the body in which the instinctual urge is felt to originate; the aim is the act towards which the instinct tends; and lastly, the object is that part of the external world, usually a person, or of one's own body, from which the sexual attraction proceeds. Liquids are not really objects and gases certainly are not. The skin is a hazardous object appearing in the 'substance' milk, painfully disturbing the primitive harmony.
