The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... structural analysis of Karl Birnbaum constituted a very important advance in the assessment of the structure of psycho- ses ; however in analysing the structure of neuroses and psycho- pathies they have been equally important . Both ...
... structural analysis of Karl Birnbaum constituted a very important advance in the assessment of the structure of psycho- ses ; however in analysing the structure of neuroses and psycho- pathies they have been equally important . Both ...
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... structure . By " supérieur " we denote another intrinsic element , that is , the opposite " pole " of regenerative significance . In my opinion , therefore , the word decadence is the most precise indi- cation of that phenomenological ...
... structure . By " supérieur " we denote another intrinsic element , that is , the opposite " pole " of regenerative significance . In my opinion , therefore , the word decadence is the most precise indi- cation of that phenomenological ...
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... structure . To begin with , we have a solid hereditary pillar on which our hypothetical diagnostic structure — dégé- néré supérieur can be built . The next element has been indicated with great precision by W.B.C. Watkins as Perilous ...
... structure . To begin with , we have a solid hereditary pillar on which our hypothetical diagnostic structure — dégé- néré supérieur can be built . The next element has been indicated with great precision by W.B.C. Watkins as Perilous ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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