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Heinämaa, S. (2004). The Soul-Body Union and Sexual Difference from Descartes to Merleau-Ponty and Beauvoir. In: Alanen, L., Witt, C. (eds) Feminist Reflections on the History of Philosophy. The New Synthese Historical Library, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2489-4_8
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