The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... cause of diminished psychological tension and disintegration . In the context of the hierarchy of mental function , Jackson discerned a shift of balance which he described as follows . " I submit that disease only produces negative ...
... cause of diminished psychological tension and disintegration . In the context of the hierarchy of mental function , Jackson discerned a shift of balance which he described as follows . " I submit that disease only produces negative ...
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... cause surely there are many socially adjusted psychopaths ( 441 ) but rather the hyposympathetic disorder : the inability to attach oneself emotionally to other human individuals , animals and objects ( 439-441 ) . Why " supérieurs ...
... cause surely there are many socially adjusted psychopaths ( 441 ) but rather the hyposympathetic disorder : the inability to attach oneself emotionally to other human individuals , animals and objects ( 439-441 ) . Why " supérieurs ...
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... cause of his unhappiness was within , that his own passions were not sufficiently regulated , and that he was harassed by his own impatience , which could never be without something to awaken it , would accompany him over the sea , and ...
... cause of his unhappiness was within , that his own passions were not sufficiently regulated , and that he was harassed by his own impatience , which could never be without something to awaken it , would accompany him over the sea , and ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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