The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 32
... cause of diminished psychological tension and disintegration . In the context of the hierarchy of mental function , Jackson discerned a shift of balance which he described as follows . " I submit that disease only produces negative ...
... cause of diminished psychological tension and disintegration . In the context of the hierarchy of mental function , Jackson discerned a shift of balance which he described as follows . " I submit that disease only produces negative ...
Page 38
... cause surely there are many socially adjusted psychopaths ( 441 ) but rather the hyposympathetic disorder : the inability to attach oneself emotionally to other human individuals , animals and objects ( 439-441 ) . Why " supérieurs ...
... cause surely there are many socially adjusted psychopaths ( 441 ) but rather the hyposympathetic disorder : the inability to attach oneself emotionally to other human individuals , animals and objects ( 439-441 ) . Why " supérieurs ...
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... cause it abolishes the mental unity of the personality ; at the same time , pathological defense is a regulation by ... causing defence to seize autonomy because of insufficient confidence in the soundness of the inte- grative principle ...
... cause it abolishes the mental unity of the personality ; at the same time , pathological defense is a regulation by ... causing defence to seize autonomy because of insufficient confidence in the soundness of the inte- grative principle ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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