The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 54
... avoid serving as a showpiece . Johnson's mother did enjoy her son's affection , but Samuel had little respect for this narrow - minded woman . She had little education , frequently quarrelled with her husband about the financial ...
... avoid serving as a showpiece . Johnson's mother did enjoy her son's affection , but Samuel had little respect for this narrow - minded woman . She had little education , frequently quarrelled with her husband about the financial ...
Page 88
... avoid imposing activities upon them ; he will never force them but , in fact , will emphasize the need to rest and avoid exertion . Johnson's depressions have always been diagnosed as endogenous depressions or as neurotic depressions ...
... avoid imposing activities upon them ; he will never force them but , in fact , will emphasize the need to rest and avoid exertion . Johnson's depressions have always been diagnosed as endogenous depressions or as neurotic depressions ...
Page 130
... avoid the extreme limi- nal situation of despair by organized reduction of the existential potentialities . This ... avoiding , warding off non - being ; but in this way being is denied , at least an important proportion of existential ...
... avoid the extreme limi- nal situation of despair by organized reduction of the existential potentialities . This ... avoiding , warding off non - being ; but in this way being is denied , at least an important proportion of existential ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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