The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 28
... moral deterioration were close together in this con- ception , which was sociological rather than medical . The theory of heredity provided this old concept with a new foundation . In 1857 Morel ( 380 ) introduced the degeneration into ...
... moral deterioration were close together in this con- ception , which was sociological rather than medical . The theory of heredity provided this old concept with a new foundation . In 1857 Morel ( 380 ) introduced the degeneration into ...
Page 135
... moral order . In these he divined the great significance of bonds : not the unconscious neurotic bonds but the positive bonds of subordination , that is : a voluntary assump- tion of an inferior position in order to serve a higher ...
... moral order . In these he divined the great significance of bonds : not the unconscious neurotic bonds but the positive bonds of subordination , that is : a voluntary assump- tion of an inferior position in order to serve a higher ...
Page 194
... morals than to royal rule , which to him was only of subordinate importance still . His philosophy of life had ... moral judgment with , in addition as a central starting - point , the tendency to strive for purity of judgment and ...
... morals than to royal rule , which to him was only of subordinate importance still . His philosophy of life had ... moral judgment with , in addition as a central starting - point , the tendency to strive for purity of judgment and ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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