From the questioning by André Green about the place of affection in the psyche, resuming the term subject protopathic proposed by Lacan, this paper propose a path by drawing a parallel between this author and Nietzsche, a philosopher who has affection as a crucial point in his thinking. To do this, the discussion is focused in the field where there is a statement of the interpretation of self-affection, namely Ego, and the very affectuous experience. This Ego is, the two authors, an illusory body, porous, and immersed in a self-deception as the affection assumes fundamental status. Despite having different qualities for each author, the affect converges to a notion of knowledge that, beyond the Ego, is the way to deal with the pathós in a field that dispenses illusory judgments.
Affection; ego; illusion