The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 62
... able to make the desperate and herioc effort to accomplish the gigantic feat of writing the Dictionary . It must be remembered that his brilliant gift was offset by his tendency to remain a bohemian ; he had a dislike of regular work ...
... able to make the desperate and herioc effort to accomplish the gigantic feat of writing the Dictionary . It must be remembered that his brilliant gift was offset by his tendency to remain a bohemian ; he had a dislike of regular work ...
Page 134
... able to defend himself in any situation by virtue of his quickness in repartee and mental ascendency . He was a singularly humane man , and a persistent defender of his basic principles . One of these principles shows his hostility to ...
... able to defend himself in any situation by virtue of his quickness in repartee and mental ascendency . He was a singularly humane man , and a persistent defender of his basic principles . One of these principles shows his hostility to ...
Page 190
... able book because its author has been the only one to recog- nize Johnson's psychiatric vision and great knowledge of man . However , after a promising outline of Johnson's life the level of the book drops after the second chapter . In ...
... able book because its author has been the only one to recog- nize Johnson's psychiatric vision and great knowledge of man . However , after a promising outline of Johnson's life the level of the book drops after the second chapter . In ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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