The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... ment was the exercise of his reason , the disturbances or obscu- ration of that faculty was the evil most to be dreaded " , wrote Boswell rightly . But there is nothing neurotic in this . It per- tained to the epileptic psychotic and ...
... ment was the exercise of his reason , the disturbances or obscu- ration of that faculty was the evil most to be dreaded " , wrote Boswell rightly . But there is nothing neurotic in this . It per- tained to the epileptic psychotic and ...
Page 140
... ment and firmness of character foundation . Word and deed remain closely correlated . When passionate people express their opinions verbally , they also act accordingly . And this is cer- tainly typical of Johnson . Passionate persons ...
... ment and firmness of character foundation . Word and deed remain closely correlated . When passionate people express their opinions verbally , they also act accordingly . And this is cer- tainly typical of Johnson . Passionate persons ...
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... Ment . Sc . 91 , ( 1945 ) , 166 . 424. STERN , C. , Principles of Human Genetics , San Francisco 1950 . 425. STRAUSS , E. , Ein Beitrag zur Pathologie der Zwangserscheinungen , Monatschr . Psychiat . Neurol . , 1947 , 177 ( 367 ) . 426 ...
... Ment . Sc . 91 , ( 1945 ) , 166 . 424. STERN , C. , Principles of Human Genetics , San Francisco 1950 . 425. STRAUSS , E. , Ein Beitrag zur Pathologie der Zwangserscheinungen , Monatschr . Psychiat . Neurol . , 1947 , 177 ( 367 ) . 426 ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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