The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 15
... death as of what would happen to him after death . He lived with the obsession of being doomed , and all the efforts of his friends to reassure him against his doom were futile . - One could continue in this vein . Again and again one ...
... death as of what would happen to him after death . He lived with the obsession of being doomed , and all the efforts of his friends to reassure him against his doom were futile . - One could continue in this vein . Again and again one ...
Page 67
... death ? I believe that it is beyond doubt that the fear of madness and the fear of death were closely interwoven in him . They arise from the same source . The extent to which this fear was to influence his work will be discussed later ...
... death ? I believe that it is beyond doubt that the fear of madness and the fear of death were closely interwoven in him . They arise from the same source . The extent to which this fear was to influence his work will be discussed later ...
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... death , but he feared nothing else , not even what might occasion death " ( 32 , p . 579 ) . The last addition is very important . A neurotic would certainly not have disregarded the various causes of death . Johnson's courage is ...
... death , but he feared nothing else , not even what might occasion death " ( 32 , p . 579 ) . The last addition is very important . A neurotic would certainly not have disregarded the various causes of death . Johnson's courage is ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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