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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Page 137
... Browne's very phrase , " catalogue of doubts , " harks back to The Advancement of Learning where Bacon had proposed a " calendar of doubts and problems . " • • • Most of the " doubts " Browne enumerates in Religio Medici turn up as ...
... Browne's very phrase , " catalogue of doubts , " harks back to The Advancement of Learning where Bacon had proposed a " calendar of doubts and problems . " • • • Most of the " doubts " Browne enumerates in Religio Medici turn up as ...
Page 174
... Browne's book very seri- ously . James Windet , a young physician , wrote him tedious Latin letters of fulsome praise . Another con- temporary who respected Browne's work and was not a whit impressed by Ross's grumblings was Dr. Chris ...
... Browne's book very seri- ously . James Windet , a young physician , wrote him tedious Latin letters of fulsome praise . Another con- temporary who respected Browne's work and was not a whit impressed by Ross's grumblings was Dr. Chris ...
Page 278
... Browne ( 6 vols . , London , 1928-31 ) , which con- tains a more accurate text and a more nearly complete collection of Browne's correspondence and miscellaneous writings than Simon Wilkin's monumental Sir Thomas Browne's Works , ( 4 ...
... Browne ( 6 vols . , London , 1928-31 ) , which con- tains a more accurate text and a more nearly complete collection of Browne's correspondence and miscellaneous writings than Simon Wilkin's monumental Sir Thomas Browne's Works , ( 4 ...
Contents
From Cheapside to Winchester | 2 |
Residence in Yorkshire | 90 |
Civil StrifeBrownes Second | 125 |
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