The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 85
... mention is made of depressive moods always at about Easter ) ; " my mind grew unsettled and perplexed " ( 131 , vol . I ... mentioned the obsessions concerning madness and death . In this context the question arises to what extent did ...
... mention is made of depressive moods always at about Easter ) ; " my mind grew unsettled and perplexed " ( 131 , vol . I ... mentioned the obsessions concerning madness and death . In this context the question arises to what extent did ...
Page 98
... mention them to Boswell . He was obviously used to them . This makes it less probably that the syncopes were based on ... mentioned Johnson's pseudo - hallucinatory experience in his room at Oxford . Bruens writes in his disser- tation ...
... mention them to Boswell . He was obviously used to them . This makes it less probably that the syncopes were based on ... mentioned Johnson's pseudo - hallucinatory experience in his room at Oxford . Bruens writes in his disser- tation ...
Page 201
... mention only a few . From nr . 51 I quote : " But such is the constitution of the world , that much of life must be ... mentioned as common characteristics - of epileptic patients . And it is not difficult JOHNSON'S MENTAL DISTURBANCES ...
... mention only a few . From nr . 51 I quote : " But such is the constitution of the world , that much of life must be ... mentioned as common characteristics - of epileptic patients . And it is not difficult JOHNSON'S MENTAL DISTURBANCES ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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