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- ↑ Cooper, Robin; Gans, Steven; Heaton, J.M.; Oakley, Haya; Zeal, Paul (1989). "Beginnings". Thresholds between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Papers from the Philadelphia Association. London: Free Association Books. p. 31. ISBN 1853430412. OCLC 24289051.
