The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 145
... described his imaginative powers in terms which indicate the inner unrest of his creative mind : " Boiling " , " tumult " , " invisible riot of the mind " , " rush " , " torment " indicate the intensity of imagi- native mental activity ...
... described his imaginative powers in terms which indicate the inner unrest of his creative mind : " Boiling " , " tumult " , " invisible riot of the mind " , " rush " , " torment " indicate the intensity of imagi- native mental activity ...
Page 168
... described the neurotic existential emptiness . - Johnson had clearly in mind what constitutes the basis of this mode of existence . In the essay Rambler nr . 89 , he described these neurotic disturbances as a " mental malady " , a ...
... described the neurotic existential emptiness . - Johnson had clearly in mind what constitutes the basis of this mode of existence . In the essay Rambler nr . 89 , he described these neurotic disturbances as a " mental malady " , a ...
Page 177
... described : the neurotic family , pedagogical and affective neglect and other faulty methods of upbringing . The neurotic family is described in Rambler nr . 138 : the family of the widow Mrs Busy ( who after the death of her husband ...
... described : the neurotic family , pedagogical and affective neglect and other faulty methods of upbringing . The neurotic family is described in Rambler nr . 138 : the family of the widow Mrs Busy ( who after the death of her husband ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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