▁of ▁Lac an , ▁his ▁decl ining ▁health ▁led ▁to ▁less ▁regular ▁appoint ments . ▁Lac an ' s ▁final ▁public ▁delivery ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" The ▁Car ac as ▁Sem inar " ▁was ▁not , ▁as ▁this ▁title ▁indicates , ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Paris ian ▁series . ▁ ▁Trans cription ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁very ▁first ▁sem inar ▁at ▁Sainte - An ne , ▁the ▁week ly ▁sessions ▁were ▁recorded ▁by ▁a ▁sh orth and ▁typ ist . ▁For ▁two ▁dec ades , ▁copies ▁of ▁these ▁typescript s ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁available ▁record ▁of ▁Lac an ' s ▁or al ▁teaching , ▁Lac an ▁himself ▁having ▁decl ined ▁the ▁various ▁offers ▁extended ▁to ▁him ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁typescript s ▁edited ▁into ▁publish able ▁volumes . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁sevent ies , ▁Jacques - A lain ▁Miller ▁offered ▁some ▁indic ations ▁as ▁to ▁what ▁would ▁const itute ▁an ▁effective ▁editor ial ▁strategy ▁and ▁at ▁Lac an ' s ▁inv itation ▁drew ▁up ▁a ▁trans cription ▁of ▁the ▁twenty ▁less ons ▁that ▁made ▁up ▁the ▁ele vent h ▁sem inar , ▁The ▁Four ▁Fund amental ▁Con cept s ▁of ▁Ps y cho analysis ▁delivered ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁The ▁result ▁pleased ▁Lac an , ▁and ▁François ▁Wahl ▁at ▁Éditions ▁du ▁Se uil ▁was ▁happy ▁to ▁publish . ▁ ▁Sem inar ▁XI ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁In ▁his ▁" Post face ", ▁Lac an ▁writes