The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 147
... give to others in a spirit of readiness , in the spirit of the Gospel for unto him who gives , shall be given . This was the source of Johnson's lashing self - accusations whenever he found he had wasted time . This made him a sinner ...
... give to others in a spirit of readiness , in the spirit of the Gospel for unto him who gives , shall be given . This was the source of Johnson's lashing self - accusations whenever he found he had wasted time . This made him a sinner ...
Page 159
... gives free rein to his wishes and desires in which he can yield to his craving for power and find compensation for his ... give without any intentional expectation of receiving . Apparent indifference in an attempt to ward off one's own ...
... gives free rein to his wishes and desires in which he can yield to his craving for power and find compensation for his ... give without any intentional expectation of receiving . Apparent indifference in an attempt to ward off one's own ...
Page 187
... give eminent expression to his awareness of the perpetual mental activity of man ; of the fact that the human ... gives us fresh insight into impulses and motives which until then had been un- conscious or only partly conscious . Johnson ...
... give eminent expression to his awareness of the perpetual mental activity of man ; of the fact that the human ... gives us fresh insight into impulses and motives which until then had been un- conscious or only partly conscious . Johnson ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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