The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... consider Johnson's personality structure which , as pointed out , was very complex . Besides constitutional abnor- malities and endowments , we must also consider acquired disturbances . Among the constitutional abnormalities I classify ...
... consider Johnson's personality structure which , as pointed out , was very complex . Besides constitutional abnor- malities and endowments , we must also consider acquired disturbances . Among the constitutional abnormalities I classify ...
Page 65
... consider him to have been the model of mental balance . The strangest stories about his behaviour have persisted . His old armchair , in which he sat in his house at Gough Square , had only three legs and one arm , on which he managed ...
... consider him to have been the model of mental balance . The strangest stories about his behaviour have persisted . His old armchair , in which he sat in his house at Gough Square , had only three legs and one arm , on which he managed ...
Page 90
... consider the designation melan- cholia anaesthetica for these states ( 440 , 404 , vol . II , p . 274 ) , but that term does not cover the distinct experiences of dereali- zation that Johnson explicitly mentioned . - Endogenous ...
... consider the designation melan- cholia anaesthetica for these states ( 440 , 404 , vol . II , p . 274 ) , but that term does not cover the distinct experiences of dereali- zation that Johnson explicitly mentioned . - Endogenous ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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