The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 36
... hand , he holds that the degenerative personality is pathological , while , on the other hand , he regards the degenera- tive individual as more than normally talented , aesthetic , crea- tive and art - sensitive as an individual , who ...
... hand , he holds that the degenerative personality is pathological , while , on the other hand , he regards the degenera- tive individual as more than normally talented , aesthetic , crea- tive and art - sensitive as an individual , who ...
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... hand involuntary movements of an extrapyrimidal nature ( cho- reo - athetosis ) and on the other hand mental symptoms of a temporal epilepsy without much paroxysm ( apart from the pseudo - hallucination and the sudden states of anxiety ) ...
... hand involuntary movements of an extrapyrimidal nature ( cho- reo - athetosis ) and on the other hand mental symptoms of a temporal epilepsy without much paroxysm ( apart from the pseudo - hallucination and the sudden states of anxiety ) ...
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... hand partly and perhaps precisely because the integrative powers are too feeble and its superim- posed directive position is therefore uncertain , and on the other hand under the emotional pressure of imminent disintegrations signalled ...
... hand partly and perhaps precisely because the integrative powers are too feeble and its superim- posed directive position is therefore uncertain , and on the other hand under the emotional pressure of imminent disintegrations signalled ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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