The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 76
... emotional aloof- ness from his mother and brother , nor about his emotional reservations in his marriage . Was he unable to find a reasonable solution to these marital problems ? If we consider all these things together , I believe ...
... emotional aloof- ness from his mother and brother , nor about his emotional reservations in his marriage . Was he unable to find a reasonable solution to these marital problems ? If we consider all these things together , I believe ...
Page 105
... emotion and sometimes were absent entirely for a short while : when he concentrated on a given form of activity . However , choreatic and athetotic jerks are as a rule intensified by emotional stimuli and by the execution of volon- tary ...
... emotion and sometimes were absent entirely for a short while : when he concentrated on a given form of activity . However , choreatic and athetotic jerks are as a rule intensified by emotional stimuli and by the execution of volon- tary ...
Page 171
... emotional shocks were believed to be the chief cause of neurotic development , and Freud supported this view for some considerable time , until his experience modified his judgement . To - day , greater aetiological importance is ...
... emotional shocks were believed to be the chief cause of neurotic development , and Freud supported this view for some considerable time , until his experience modified his judgement . To - day , greater aetiological importance is ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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