The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 82
... less than commonly oppressed with the sense of sin , and less affected with the shame of Idleness . Yet I will not despair ( 131 , vol . I , p . 77-81 ) . This is evidently a different type of depression as compared with the three prece ...
... less than commonly oppressed with the sense of sin , and less affected with the shame of Idleness . Yet I will not despair ( 131 , vol . I , p . 77-81 ) . This is evidently a different type of depression as compared with the three prece ...
Page 130
... less than his essen- tial or potential being . He surrenders part of his potentialities in order to save what is left " ( 223 , p . 71 ) . The neurotic mode of existence is that of avoiding , warding off non - being ; but in this way ...
... less than his essen- tial or potential being . He surrenders part of his potentialities in order to save what is left " ( 223 , p . 71 ) . The neurotic mode of existence is that of avoiding , warding off non - being ; but in this way ...
Page 177
... less rationally wicked , pass their lives in mischief , because they cannot bear the sight of success , and mark out every man for hatred , whose fame or fortune they believe increasing " . The unconscious elements , which Sullivan ...
... less rationally wicked , pass their lives in mischief , because they cannot bear the sight of success , and mark out every man for hatred , whose fame or fortune they believe increasing " . The unconscious elements , which Sullivan ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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