The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 165
... Rambler nr . 5 and nr . 6 to Johnson's insight into the structure of the neurotic disturbance . In Rambler nr . 5 he writes about people " who languish in health " , and about the permanent mood of dissatisfaction in a certain type of ...
... Rambler nr . 5 and nr . 6 to Johnson's insight into the structure of the neurotic disturbance . In Rambler nr . 5 he writes about people " who languish in health " , and about the permanent mood of dissatisfaction in a certain type of ...
Page 173
... ( Rambler nr . 155 ) . “ The business from which we withdraw our cognizance is not above our abilities , but below our notice " ( Rambler nr . 162 ) one of the finest Johnsonian maxims concerning the nature of neuroses . - The following ...
... ( Rambler nr . 155 ) . “ The business from which we withdraw our cognizance is not above our abilities , but below our notice " ( Rambler nr . 162 ) one of the finest Johnsonian maxims concerning the nature of neuroses . - The following ...
Page 200
... Rambler nr . 23 , the end of Rambler nr . 25 , the beginning of Rambler nr . 31 , in Rambler nr . 32 , at the end of Rambler nr . 41 , and in Ramblers nr . 43 , 48 , 50 , 54 and 58. A typical , quite needless repetition , and I am now ...
... Rambler nr . 23 , the end of Rambler nr . 25 , the beginning of Rambler nr . 31 , in Rambler nr . 32 , at the end of Rambler nr . 41 , and in Ramblers nr . 43 , 48 , 50 , 54 and 58. A typical , quite needless repetition , and I am now ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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