The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... mental disturbances ( not mental disease as such , as we shall see ) will annoy many readers . To these readers , the demonstration of a correlation between mental disturbances and certain qualities of Johnson's work means a ...
... mental disturbances ( not mental disease as such , as we shall see ) will annoy many readers . To these readers , the demonstration of a correlation between mental disturbances and certain qualities of Johnson's work means a ...
Page 24
... disturbances might be expected on the basis of this disease ? Which negative factors can be correlated to the ... mental disturbances and creative work can only be indirect observations . The procedure is to watch for coincidence in time ...
... disturbances might be expected on the basis of this disease ? Which negative factors can be correlated to the ... mental disturbances and creative work can only be indirect observations . The procedure is to watch for coincidence in time ...
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... mental disturbances . Again in the spring of the year 1777 ( it is a striking fact that mention is made of depressive moods always at about Easter ) ; " my mind grew unsettled and perplexed " ( 131 , vol . I , p . 263 ) . Returning home ...
... mental disturbances . Again in the spring of the year 1777 ( it is a striking fact that mention is made of depressive moods always at about Easter ) ; " my mind grew unsettled and perplexed " ( 131 , vol . I , p . 263 ) . Returning home ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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