The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 66
... fear of becoming psychotic was with him all his life : " I inherited a vile melancholy from my father , which has ... fear , however , is by all means understandable and can hardly be called abnormal . It is not without irony that , in ...
... fear of becoming psychotic was with him all his life : " I inherited a vile melancholy from my father , which has ... fear , however , is by all means understandable and can hardly be called abnormal . It is not without irony that , in ...
Page 67
... fear of madness and the fear of death were closely interwoven in him . They arise from the same source . The extent to which this fear was to influence his work will be discussed later . Apart from the turbulent , agitated depressions ...
... fear of madness and the fear of death were closely interwoven in him . They arise from the same source . The extent to which this fear was to influence his work will be discussed later . Apart from the turbulent , agitated depressions ...
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... fears understood as convincingly characteristic of neurosis . Johnson knew no physical fear . He knew only two kinds of fear , but these were intensive : fear of death , and the fear of becoming insane . When we say fear of death , we ...
... fears understood as convincingly characteristic of neurosis . Johnson knew no physical fear . He knew only two kinds of fear , but these were intensive : fear of death , and the fear of becoming insane . When we say fear of death , we ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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