The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 143
... imagination , and which help to soothe the mind under affliction " . This opinion , surprisingly enough , has met with general acceptance . One sentence in " Rasselas " wipes it out completely : " ... that hunger of imagination which ...
... imagination , and which help to soothe the mind under affliction " . This opinion , surprisingly enough , has met with general acceptance . One sentence in " Rasselas " wipes it out completely : " ... that hunger of imagination which ...
Page 145
... imagination for creativity . And thus Johnson recognizes the relation between imaginative powers and reflec- tions : " It is ridiculous to oppose judgement to imagination ; for it does not appear that men have necessarily less of one as ...
... imagination for creativity . And thus Johnson recognizes the relation between imaginative powers and reflec- tions : " It is ridiculous to oppose judgement to imagination ; for it does not appear that men have necessarily less of one as ...
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... imagination . In his sermon nr . XVI ( 12 , p . 91 ) , he stresses the importance of " the distinction of appearance from reality " . In a letter to Mrs Thrale ( 12 , p . 96 ) we read : " The use travelling is to regulate imagination by ...
... imagination . In his sermon nr . XVI ( 12 , p . 91 ) , he stresses the importance of " the distinction of appearance from reality " . In a letter to Mrs Thrale ( 12 , p . 96 ) we read : " The use travelling is to regulate imagination by ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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