Stories
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Robinson Crusoe and the morality of solitude
Robinson Crusoe, fiction’s most famous castaway, was certainly isolated, but did he suffer the intrinsically modern affliction of loneliness?
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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Diagnosing OCD in the past
Mining the writings of and about famous historical figures, retrospective psychologists try to diagnose their mental health problems. But, inevitably, partial evidence is open to misinterpretation.
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The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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A discourse, delivered, September 3d, MDCCXCII, to the Society for the Reformation of Morals, in Franklin. Published at their request. By Nathanael Emmons, A.M. Pastor of the church in Franklin.
Emmons, Nathanael, 1745-1840.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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A discourse, delivered, September 2d, MDCCXCIII, to the Society for the Reformation of Morals, in Franklin. Published at their request. By Nathanael Emmons, A.M. Pastor of the church in Franklin.
Emmons, Nathanael, 1745-1840.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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An address delivered before the Society for the Reformation of Morals : in Weymouth and Braintree, at their annual meeting, April 13, 1818 / by Noah Fifield.
Fifield, Noah, 1783-1867.Date: 1818- Books
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A discourse, delivered November 3, 1790, at the particular request of a number of respectable men in Franklin, who were forming a society, for the reformation of morals. And now published at the desire of the hearers. By Nathanael Emmons, A.M. Pastor of the church in Franklin.
Emmons, Nathanael, 1745-1840.Date: [1790]- Books
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The narrative and resolution, with the rules of the Society for Reformation of Manners, met at Edinburgh, the 13th day of December 1742. Containing an account of such like societies through Britain and Ireland, preceeding the year 1700.
Society for Reformation of Manners (Edinburgh, Scotland)Date: M.DCC.XLII. [1742]