The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... nature and in number . Each is expressed in one or more external characteristics or properties , each of which varies about a mean in a linear direction - according to the binomial curve of Quetelet . Within this range of variation , ...
... nature and in number . Each is expressed in one or more external characteristics or properties , each of which varies about a mean in a linear direction - according to the binomial curve of Quetelet . Within this range of variation , ...
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... nature ( 131 , vol . I , p . 161-418 ) . As we have pointed out , however , there were more permanent mental manifestations of a disturbing nature , apart from the paroxysmal periodical disorders . These manifestations were al- most ...
... nature ( 131 , vol . I , p . 161-418 ) . As we have pointed out , however , there were more permanent mental manifestations of a disturbing nature , apart from the paroxysmal periodical disorders . These manifestations were al- most ...
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... nature which indicates the direction and mode of expansion of personality development . It is on this integrative principle that resistance is based ; it is of a communicative nature , aimed at restoring and extending contracts and ...
... nature which indicates the direction and mode of expansion of personality development . It is on this integrative principle that resistance is based ; it is of a communicative nature , aimed at restoring and extending contracts and ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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