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Balint reviews Fairbairn's thesis that libido is object-seeking rather than pleasure-seeking. The author believes this thesis unjustifiable, inasmuch as pleasure-seeking and object-seeking tendencies seem 'equally important'. He also raises the question to what extent particular aspects of transference phenomena evinced in the course of analysis are produced by the analyst even when he follows so-called 'standard technique'.