"Dialectics and reflection play the same role for the philosopher as does verse for the poet."
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Sarah Kofman
Sarah Kofman (14 September 1934 – 15 October 1994) was a French philosopher. She was the author of numerous books, including several on Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud. Her book, L'énigme de la femme: La femme dans les textes de Freud (1980), is perhaps the most thorough consideration of Freud's ideas concerning female sexuality.
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