The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... literature but which in my opinion is cer- tainly part of the syndrome , is hypermnesia . That is to say : an extraordinary ability to remember without visible effort what has been perceived , experienced or read ; texts once read can ...
... literature but which in my opinion is cer- tainly part of the syndrome , is hypermnesia . That is to say : an extraordinary ability to remember without visible effort what has been perceived , experienced or read ; texts once read can ...
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... literature persistently refer to mental defence mechanisms ? What is the significance of this persistence ? Pathological defence , that is to say pathological regulation , opposes and inhibits the powers of integration and is confronted ...
... literature persistently refer to mental defence mechanisms ? What is the significance of this persistence ? Pathological defence , that is to say pathological regulation , opposes and inhibits the powers of integration and is confronted ...
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... Literature . Modern Essays in criticism , containing B. H. Bronson , The double tradition of Dr. Johnson ; W.R. Keast , Johnson's criticism of the metaphysical Poets , Oxford Univ . Press , New York , 1959 . 56. ID . , Introduction to a ...
... Literature . Modern Essays in criticism , containing B. H. Bronson , The double tradition of Dr. Johnson ; W.R. Keast , Johnson's criticism of the metaphysical Poets , Oxford Univ . Press , New York , 1959 . 56. ID . , Introduction to a ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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