The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... opinion ) to be the cause of the motor symptoms ( 161 , p . 166-168 ) . Hitschmann's article about Johnson is little better ( Samuel Johnson's Character , 114 ) . The subtitle makes it clear immediately that this is a product of the ...
... opinion ) to be the cause of the motor symptoms ( 161 , p . 166-168 ) . Hitschmann's article about Johnson is little better ( Samuel Johnson's Character , 114 ) . The subtitle makes it clear immediately that this is a product of the ...
Page 140
... opinion is probable . His original temperament , however , was influenced and masked from birth by the mental ... opinions verbally , they also act accordingly . And this is cer- tainly typical of Johnson . Passionate persons hardly ...
... opinion is probable . His original temperament , however , was influenced and masked from birth by the mental ... opinions verbally , they also act accordingly . And this is cer- tainly typical of Johnson . Passionate persons hardly ...
Page 162
... opinion ; and this opinion has now come to be generally accepted ; " ill - humor or peevishness is usually the symptom of some deeper malady " ( quoted in 196 , p . 11 ) , a neurotically reduced existence which no longer permits of ...
... opinion ; and this opinion has now come to be generally accepted ; " ill - humor or peevishness is usually the symptom of some deeper malady " ( quoted in 196 , p . 11 ) , a neurotically reduced existence which no longer permits of ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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