The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 46
... present despite the loss of correlation that we call degeneration . This is not a paradox . The correlation loss is bound to be asso- ciated with certain correlations . Why is this type of individual characterized by compulsive traits ...
... present despite the loss of correlation that we call degeneration . This is not a paradox . The correlation loss is bound to be asso- ciated with certain correlations . Why is this type of individual characterized by compulsive traits ...
Page 112
... present discussion . It is sufficient to refer to my article " Défense et résistance " , which deals with them in detail . These resistance psychisms prove to have a new , original form . They are " nova " . They are not anti - defence ...
... present discussion . It is sufficient to refer to my article " Défense et résistance " , which deals with them in detail . These resistance psychisms prove to have a new , original form . They are " nova " . They are not anti - defence ...
Page 156
... present ; illusion , imagination and daydream have a somewhat reprehensible meaning to Freud and signify a reply to something not present . Practical reality opposes the neu- rotic imagination , and the later is judged in accordance ...
... present ; illusion , imagination and daydream have a somewhat reprehensible meaning to Freud and signify a reply to something not present . Practical reality opposes the neu- rotic imagination , and the later is judged in accordance ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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