ABSTRACT
Unlike developments which imply an action, perfection is always a result of a frozen state since there is nothing beyond. In psychoanalytic and philosophical terms, perfection is close to the 'sublime' and more generally to the 'ideal'. One should mention that the quest for perfection is dangerous, not only for the individual who becomes inhibited, but also for the society when a leader can seduce masses through an ideology that offers the idea of achieved perfection. Ideology shows a deep belief in ideas of absolute perfection. It implies not only that criticism has been reduced to silence but also that the individual is no longer capable of being conscious of its own renouncement. Far from a loss of the ego in an ideal of perfection inhibiting or alienating, sublimation manages to achieve an erection or restoration of the ego following the acceptance of loss.
