The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... personalities are eccentric and dispro- portional , but the dégénéré supérieur usually enjoys a relatively stable personality structure . However remarkable his behaviour ( and he can afford much that " normal " subjects could hardly ...
... personalities are eccentric and dispro- portional , but the dégénéré supérieur usually enjoys a relatively stable personality structure . However remarkable his behaviour ( and he can afford much that " normal " subjects could hardly ...
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A Pathographic Essay on Samuel Johnson Ernst Verbeek. The description " epileptic personality " denotes a distortion of the personality which is so characteristic that the experienced psychiatrist and neurologist can conclude that the ...
A Pathographic Essay on Samuel Johnson Ernst Verbeek. The description " epileptic personality " denotes a distortion of the personality which is so characteristic that the experienced psychiatrist and neurologist can conclude that the ...
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... personality , were based on the epileptic disturbances . The changes in his personality are unmistakable : his ponder- ous speech and movements , his tendency to perseverance ( quite obvious in his essays ) , the " heaviness " of his ...
... personality , were based on the epileptic disturbances . The changes in his personality are unmistakable : his ponder- ous speech and movements , his tendency to perseverance ( quite obvious in his essays ) , the " heaviness " of his ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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