The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 113
... principle in this hierarchical subordi- nation to the integrative potencies , to follow separatist tenden- cies and turn against the integrative principle by becoming active as an autonomous principle , then defence is pathological and ...
... principle in this hierarchical subordi- nation to the integrative potencies , to follow separatist tenden- cies and turn against the integrative principle by becoming active as an autonomous principle , then defence is pathological and ...
Page 114
... principle of separation " , wrote Novalis . The neurotic organizing principle , based on the devision of power between autonomic pathological defence and on the other hand a weak- ened undermined integrative principle ( with the forces ...
... principle of separation " , wrote Novalis . The neurotic organizing principle , based on the devision of power between autonomic pathological defence and on the other hand a weak- ened undermined integrative principle ( with the forces ...
Page 123
... principle is a prerequisite for mental health ; but this applies equally to in- tactness of the reflective principle ; the mind is the rudder of the soul . Without the directing , abstracting and orienting " rudder " of the mind ( the ...
... principle is a prerequisite for mental health ; but this applies equally to in- tactness of the reflective principle ; the mind is the rudder of the soul . Without the directing , abstracting and orienting " rudder " of the mind ( the ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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