International Library Of Psychology: Nervous Disorders And Character: A Study In Pastoral Psychology And Psychotherapy

The International Library of Psychology NERVOUS DISORDERS AND CHARACTER Founded by C. K. Ogden The International Library of Psychology GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY In 38 Volumes II III IV v VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII The Neurosis of Man Creative Imagination The Caveman Within Us Men and their Motives The Mind in Sleep The Mind and its Body Practical Psychology Man for Himself The Law Within The Nature of Laughter Readings in General Psychology The Psychologist at Work The Psychology of Philosophers Emotion The Foundations of Common Sense The Psychology of Consciousness The Sciences of Man in the Making The Person in Psychology Man's Unconscious Passion Psychological and Biological Foundations of Dream-Interpretation Nervous Disorders and Character An Historical Introduction to Modern Psychology Modern Theories of the Unconscious The A B C of Psychology The Psychology of Thought and Feeling Introductory Psychology Empirical Foundations of Psychology Psychotherapy The Psychology of Time The Origins of Love and Hate Art and the Unconscious The Elements of Psychology Telepathy and Clairvoyance Human Psychology as Seen Through the Dream The Psychology of Self-Conciousness The Psychology of Economics The Measurement of Emotion How to be Happy Though Human Burrow Downey Fielding F!uge! Fortune Fox Fox Fromm Fuller Gregory Halmos eta! Harrower Herzberg Hillman Isaacs King Kirkpatrick Lafitte Lay Lowy Mckenzie Murphy Northridge Ogden Platt Price- Williams Pronko et al Schilder Sturt Suttie Thorburn Thomdike Tischner Tt-trrter Tt1rner Weisskopf Whately Smith Wolfe NERVOUS DISORDERS AND CHARACTER A Study in Pastoral Psychology and Psychotherapy JOHN G McKENZIE First published in 1946 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd Reprinted in 1999 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX 14 4RN Transferred to Digital Printing 2006 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 1946 John G McKenzie All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. The publishers have made every effort to contact authors/copyright holders of the works reprinted in the International Library of Psychology. This has not been possible in every case, however, and we would welcome correspondence from those individuals/companies we have been unable to trace. These reprints are taken from original copies of each book. In many cases the condition of these originals is not perfect. The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of these reprints, but wishes to point out that certain characteristics of the original copies will, of necessity, be apparent in reprints thereof. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Nervous Disorders and Character ISBN 978-0415-21033-1 General Psychology: 38 Volumes ISBN 0415-21129-8 The International Library of Psychology: 204 Volumes ISBN 0415-19132-7 Printed and bound by CPI Antony Rowe, Eastbourne PREFACE MY first word must be one of thanks to the Principal and Governors of Manchester College, Oxford, for the honour and opportunity of delivering the series of Tate Lectures which constitute the substance of this small volume. The hospitality, so charmingly dispensed by the Principal's wife, Mrs. Cross, is a ha