The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... sympathetic individual , but is compensatory ) . Being sympathetic , i.e. perceptive of unseparateness , united- ness , of being in communication , has its counterpart in the supplementary mode of communication known as being reflec ...
... sympathetic individual , but is compensatory ) . Being sympathetic , i.e. perceptive of unseparateness , united- ness , of being in communication , has its counterpart in the supplementary mode of communication known as being reflec ...
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... 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 " rudder " 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 " rudder " of the ...
Page 128
... sympathetic " attachedness " or which an epileptic absence . Postponement , difficulty in finishing things , difficulty in ceasing a certain activity , and working in bouts , are characteris- tics of the sympathetic person . Especially ...
... sympathetic " attachedness " or which an epileptic absence . Postponement , difficulty in finishing things , difficulty in ceasing a certain activity , and working in bouts , are characteris- tics of the sympathetic person . Especially ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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