The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... knowledge of man was not framed in a system of ideologies or other abstractions ; his opinions on and his fathomings of human character were never dependent upon an abstract ideal , paraded as a presupposed problem . On the contrary ...
... knowledge of man was not framed in a system of ideologies or other abstractions ; his opinions on and his fathomings of human character were never dependent upon an abstract ideal , paraded as a presupposed problem . On the contrary ...
Page 190
... knowledge of man . However , after a promising outline of Johnson's life the level of the book drops after the second chapter . In the still very readable second chapter we encounter the important sentence : " Few classical moralists ...
... knowledge of man . However , after a promising outline of Johnson's life the level of the book drops after the second chapter . In the still very readable second chapter we encounter the important sentence : " Few classical moralists ...
Page 200
... knowledge , obtrudes his remarks and discoveries upon those whom he believes unable to judge of his proficiency , and from whom , as he cannot fear contradiction , he cannot pro- perly expect applause " . Half a page further on we read ...
... knowledge , obtrudes his remarks and discoveries upon those whom he believes unable to judge of his proficiency , and from whom , as he cannot fear contradiction , he cannot pro- perly expect applause " . Half a page further on we read ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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