Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithSchuman, 1950 - 319 pages A study of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth century physician who was deeply concerned with his own faith at a time of religious strife and of new interest in science, and the remarkable age in which he lived. |
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... natural philoso- phy . But the " natural philosophy " was a far cry from what we think of as science . Just as astronomy was not a matter of observing the stars with a telescope but a re- hash of Ptolemy's ancient treatise , natural ...
... natural philoso- phy . But the " natural philosophy " was a far cry from what we think of as science . Just as astronomy was not a matter of observing the stars with a telescope but a re- hash of Ptolemy's ancient treatise , natural ...
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... natural knowledge . " For such a candid and impassionate Com- pany as that was , " wrote Dr. Sprat , the historian of the Royal Society , " and for such a gloomy season , what could have been a fitter subject to pitch upon than Natural ...
... natural knowledge . " For such a candid and impassionate Com- pany as that was , " wrote Dr. Sprat , the historian of the Royal Society , " and for such a gloomy season , what could have been a fitter subject to pitch upon than Natural ...
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... natural way of speaking , " one finds that Vulgar Errors is generally no more involved than the early writings of members like Glanvill and Digby . Moreover , as we have seen , Browne's frequent revisions of his major work were always ...
... natural way of speaking , " one finds that Vulgar Errors is generally no more involved than the early writings of members like Glanvill and Digby . Moreover , as we have seen , Browne's frequent revisions of his major work were always ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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