The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... human . One could say of him that nothing human was alien to him . ― He was a man of character . His experiences had quickly made him averse to the help of so - called patrons . And he radi- cally rejected patrons after the indignity of ...
... human . One could say of him that nothing human was alien to him . ― He was a man of character . His experiences had quickly made him averse to the help of so - called patrons . And he radi- cally rejected patrons after the indignity of ...
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... human being recorded all the stimuli from his environment without selection , he would literally be unable to live . A psychism for self - protection which selects the stimuli that may be ad- mitted , is indispensable . Is this defence ...
... human being recorded all the stimuli from his environment without selection , he would literally be unable to live . A psychism for self - protection which selects the stimuli that may be ad- mitted , is indispensable . Is this defence ...
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... human development as the ultimate objective to which all other human efforts should be subordinated . And this ideal of an optimally developed human individual , who knows how to make full use of all his characteris- tics and gifts ...
... human development as the ultimate objective to which all other human efforts should be subordinated . And this ideal of an optimally developed human individual , who knows how to make full use of all his characteris- tics and gifts ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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