The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 58
... possessed this gift , which is quite commonplace , the motivation of gastronomic needs belongs to quite a different category ; and these needs , in their turn , have little to do in my opinion with Johnson's insatiable reading urge ...
... possessed this gift , which is quite commonplace , the motivation of gastronomic needs belongs to quite a different category ; and these needs , in their turn , have little to do in my opinion with Johnson's insatiable reading urge ...
Page 157
... possessed by his subject , but he has dominion over it " . The poet has control over his imagination and his fantasy , which the neurotic has not . We must not forget the great significance of distance , which undoubtedly differs in ...
... possessed by his subject , but he has dominion over it " . The poet has control over his imagination and his fantasy , which the neurotic has not . We must not forget the great significance of distance , which undoubtedly differs in ...
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... possessed by his subject but has dominion over it " . In fact it was precisely " dominion over his subject " that ... possession of the mind as when it is found empty and unoccupied " ( Rambler nr . 85 ) . We find more on this in this ...
... possessed by his subject but has dominion over it " . In fact it was precisely " dominion over his subject " that ... possession of the mind as when it is found empty and unoccupied " ( Rambler nr . 85 ) . We find more on this in this ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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