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In this chapter I shall try to draw attention to some features of scientific enquiry and thought in the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth. I hope that this will help us to appreciate better the work of Freud, and the nature of the contribution he made.
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Farrell, B. (1988). Sigmund Freud: Some Aspects of his Contribution. In: Péter, L., Pynsent, R.B. (eds) Intellectuals and the Future in the Habsburg Monarchy 1890–1914. Studies in Russia and East Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19169-7_4
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