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I have in mind Bergson's conception of the human consciousness as one great selective defence principle . Defence is by no means always exclusively negative ; not if it is part of a greater constellation . If defence is an integrated ...
I have in mind Bergson's conception of the human consciousness as one great selective defence principle . Defence is by no means always exclusively negative ; not if it is part of a greater constellation . If defence is an integrated ...
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Perhaps superfluously , the above considerations on the resis- tance principle can be summarized in the following conclusion . Apart from the generally known defence psychisms , there are resistance pychisms both in neurosis and in the ...
Perhaps superfluously , the above considerations on the resis- tance principle can be summarized in the following conclusion . Apart from the generally known defence psychisms , there are resistance pychisms both in neurosis and in the ...
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Intactness of the sympathetic principle is a prerequisite for mental health ; but this applies equally to in- tactness of the reflective principle ; the mind is the rudder of the soul . Without the directing , abstracting and orienting ...
Intactness of the sympathetic principle is a prerequisite for mental health ; but this applies equally to in- tactness of the reflective principle ; the mind is the rudder of the soul . Without the directing , abstracting and orienting ...
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Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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