The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 51
... importance to Young Samuel Johnson by the American James L. Clifford and to W.J. Bate's excellent book The Achievement of Samuel Johnson . Other books ( there are so many ) , however valuable , are of subordinate importance in the ...
... importance to Young Samuel Johnson by the American James L. Clifford and to W.J. Bate's excellent book The Achievement of Samuel Johnson . Other books ( there are so many ) , however valuable , are of subordinate importance in the ...
Page 52
... importance to note that both were of a very robust physique and were conspicuous in their affective contact . Then follows a very striking sentence in Clifford's book ( 57 , p . 139 ) : " Both were creatures of sharp contrast , with ...
... importance to note that both were of a very robust physique and were conspicuous in their affective contact . Then follows a very striking sentence in Clifford's book ( 57 , p . 139 ) : " Both were creatures of sharp contrast , with ...
Page 116
... importance both in neuroses and in psychoses , we are prompted to place the entire resistance principle on a broader basis . The resistance principle is no less significant for psychology . For the evaluating prognosis of personality ...
... importance both in neuroses and in psychoses , we are prompted to place the entire resistance principle on a broader basis . The resistance principle is no less significant for psychology . For the evaluating prognosis of personality ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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