The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... expression of mental activity . Specifically , an expression of mental values in facial configuration , gestures , body posture and gait . Of course the choice of the term psychomotor was confusing when neuro- logists started to use it ...
... expression of mental activity . Specifically , an expression of mental values in facial configuration , gestures , body posture and gait . Of course the choice of the term psychomotor was confusing when neuro- logists started to use it ...
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... . This is not surprising , for resistance is an expression of an intact " part " of mental life . Reviewing the above , we reach the crucial question which we have wished to pose for some time , but have 112 THE MEASURE AND THE CHOICE.
... . This is not surprising , for resistance is an expression of an intact " part " of mental life . Reviewing the above , we reach the crucial question which we have wished to pose for some time , but have 112 THE MEASURE AND THE CHOICE.
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... expression of insufficient stability of the neurotic defence organization . " He who is not capable of a powerful self - affirmation in spite of the anxiety of non - being is forced into a weak , reduced self- affirmation . He affirms ...
... expression of insufficient stability of the neurotic defence organization . " He who is not capable of a powerful self - affirmation in spite of the anxiety of non - being is forced into a weak , reduced self- affirmation . He affirms ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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