The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 18
... true that Boswell had eyes only for Johnson as a public figure , and consequently his biography is too one - sided . Boswell has approached this side of Johnson in such a grand manner and displayed it so convincingly that we must beware ...
... true that Boswell had eyes only for Johnson as a public figure , and consequently his biography is too one - sided . Boswell has approached this side of Johnson in such a grand manner and displayed it so convincingly that we must beware ...
Page 77
... true in Mrs Desmoulins ' story , but in any case it does not indicate strong sexual urges in Johnson . He had many compensations in his relations with young men , whom he paternalized as he did Boswell and in a sense also Bennet Langton ...
... true in Mrs Desmoulins ' story , but in any case it does not indicate strong sexual urges in Johnson . He had many compensations in his relations with young men , whom he paternalized as he did Boswell and in a sense also Bennet Langton ...
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... true endogenous depression . For neurotic depressions resistance , in the form of constant mental activity , is a favourable remedy ; but this is based on a different principle of resistance than in states of epileptic agitated ...
... true endogenous depression . For neurotic depressions resistance , in the form of constant mental activity , is a favourable remedy ; but this is based on a different principle of resistance than in states of epileptic agitated ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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