10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEAK-MINDEDNESS»
Discover the use of
weak-mindedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
weak-mindedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cornelia Cecilia Eglantine, 2012
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The Ecstatic World of John Cowper Powys
See also Weak-mindedness Sequentiality. See Criticism; Linealism; Time Serfs,
106. See also Feudalism Seven Principles of Man, The, 36 Sexism, 91. See also
Eroticism; Masculinity/ femininity Sextus Empiricus, 18 Sexuality. See Eroticsm ...
Harald William Fawkner, 1986
3
Marlowe's Empery: Expanding His Critical Contexts
What counted as weak-mindedness in early modern culture was often
conventionally associated with women. The Homily on Marriage, for example,
which was read in church from 1562 onward, states: The woman is a weak
creature not ...
Sara Munson Deats, Robert A. Logan, 2002
4
The Anatomy of Madness: Essays in the History of Psychiatry
He concluded that the convict population was much more liable to insanity than
the general population. Yet his particular concern was the 'dark figure' of criminal
weak-mindedness, which he reckoned to exist among the general population at ...
William F. Bynum, Roy Porter, Michael Shepherd, 2004
5
The Handbook of Forensic Learning Disabilities
Weak-mindedness helped to explain why some criminals, though not certifiably
insane, could not restrain themselves from offending, were so easily caught, were
so disruptive and difficult to manage within prisons, and why the penal regime ...
Tim Riding, Caron Swann, Bob Swann, 2005
6
The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and ...
Apps and Gow suggest that demonologists understood weak-mindedness (
meaning a lack of rational and intellectual strength, not mental illness in the
modern sense) as the primary characteristic of the witch, as weakness of mind
allowed the ...
7
Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia
One mild (or more accurately not devastatingly severe) chronic state in
Kraepelin's and Bleuler's classification was simple deterioration (simple weak-
mindedness, simple dementia, cure with defect). The key features of this were
deficits in ...
Jeffrey Lieberman, Robin Murray, 2001
8
Murdering Holiness: The Trials of Franz Creffield and George ...
For references to the weak-mindedness of CrefI'ield's followers see, inter alia,
Corvallis Times, 4 November 1903 and 6 August 1904; Eugene Register, 3
November 1903; Albany Herald, 10 May 1906. T/Je Dalles Iveekly Cbronicle, 11
May ...
Jim Phillips, Rosemary Gartner, 2011
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Sufi Castigator: Ahmad Kasravi and the Iranian Mystical ...
In Iran we have another historical testimony of the people's weak-mindedness
and their bloated minds. This is the Golestan (“Rose Garden”) and the poetry of
Sa'di. This poet, who lived in the Mongol period and saw all of the sickening
tyranny ...
10
Death in Milton's Poetry
Milton suggests that, when instigated by the male, (1) marriage with a "fair Atheist
" proceeds from fallen sensuality and hence weak-mindedness, and thus "the
tenor of man's woe" begins "from Man's effeminate slackness" (Paradise Lost ...
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEAK-MINDEDNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
weak-mindedness is used in the context of the following news items.
A look at power uncovers a lot of weak-mindedness
It's the last Sunday in July and time to “flASHback” on the month's news that amused and confused: >> After Gov. David Ige opposed the sale of Hawaiian ... «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Jul 15»
Islamophobia being promoted worldwide covertly: Activist
And this again comes back down to the weak-mindedness of the mass of people, the population. If the people actually understood that for example the head ... «Press TV, Jun 15»
From siren to asylum: the desperate last days of Fanny Cornforth …
She blamed her mental state on being taken to the workhouse “against her will”, but the report found “senile mania, confusion, weak-mindedness and an ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Cost of passive power struggles
Mitter also says that one of the most alarming revelations in Hotta's book is “the weak-mindedness of the doves and skeptics, who refused to confront the ... «The Japan Times, Jul 14»
To like, click or give them the flick: Aussies follow brands but …
“But don't mistake the familiarity effect for any kind of weak-mindedness. They're not idiots, they don't click on it just because it's there. The lesson for marketers ... «AdNews, Jun 14»
Film Review: 'Philomena'
Judi Dench as Philomena Lee and Steve Coogan as Martin Sixsmith in "Philomena" (Weinstein Company). Never mistake humility for weak-mindedness. «Neon Tommy, Nov 13»
Big events can lead us each to epiphany
... cases, too, changing your mind about major matters can be seen by others, especially those outside your immediate circle, as evidence of weak-mindedness. «The National, Oct 13»
Pimp gets prison time after apologizing for peddling 13-year-old …
"My own weakness, my own weak-mindedness and lack of education led to my incarceration," he went on. "I now know I was the cause and this is the effect.". «New York Daily News, Oct 12»
My mother, the cocaine addict
Addiction isn't just about weak-mindedness, or a lack of responsibility or willpower. Addiction is a seemingly unstoppable cycle of repeated behaviour that can ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 05»
