The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 144
... reason is a degree of insanity ; but while this power is such as we can control and suppress , it is not visible to others , nor considered as any deprivation of the mental faculties : it is not pronounced madness but when it become ...
... reason is a degree of insanity ; but while this power is such as we can control and suppress , it is not visible to others , nor considered as any deprivation of the mental faculties : it is not pronounced madness but when it become ...
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... Reason " ) in this inner struggle of conflict . Again and again he mentions the important influence of religion ; never- theless we gain the clear impression that Johnson was quite aware of the fact that neither reason nor belief can ...
... Reason " ) in this inner struggle of conflict . Again and again he mentions the important influence of religion ; never- theless we gain the clear impression that Johnson was quite aware of the fact that neither reason nor belief can ...
Page 194
... reason and emotion . I deliberately avoid the word balance between reason and emotion , for common sense need not be balanced in this sense . In my opinion , common sense should cer- tainly not be interpreted as reasonable only ; in ...
... reason and emotion . I deliberately avoid the word balance between reason and emotion , for common sense need not be balanced in this sense . In my opinion , common sense should cer- tainly not be interpreted as reasonable only ; in ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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