The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 7
... say the least , difficult . Anyone who has the intention to read Johnson's voluminous collected works may justly fear that his undertaking will end in the symptoms against which Nietzsche warned the uncautious reader : " Vertigo ...
... say the least , difficult . Anyone who has the intention to read Johnson's voluminous collected works may justly fear that his undertaking will end in the symptoms against which Nietzsche warned the uncautious reader : " Vertigo ...
Page 12
... say a susceptibility and predestination to the tragic . The extremes of cheerfulness and tragedy unite in humour . During the first half of his life , Johnson was urgently pressed financially ; but he gave his money away when he could ...
... say a susceptibility and predestination to the tragic . The extremes of cheerfulness and tragedy unite in humour . During the first half of his life , Johnson was urgently pressed financially ; but he gave his money away when he could ...
Page 126
... say one word , or even pay the least attention to what was said by others , till he had satisfied his appetite , which was so fierce , and indulged with such intentness , that while in the act of eating , the veins of his forehead ...
... say one word , or even pay the least attention to what was said by others , till he had satisfied his appetite , which was so fierce , and indulged with such intentness , that while in the act of eating , the veins of his forehead ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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