Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithA 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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It cries out for tolerance in religion and in human conduct. It grapples boldly both with the conflicting claims of the science that . would explain away the mystery of the created universe 0 * >' S< and of the false theology that would ...
It cries out for tolerance in religion and in human conduct. It grapples boldly both with the conflicting claims of the science that . would explain away the mystery of the created universe 0 * >' S< and of the false theology that would ...
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Predisposed to faith , he was entering a profession in which faith played a minor role indeed . How far ought one to go in investigating the created world , especially the human body ,等> made in God's own image ?
Predisposed to faith , he was entering a profession in which faith played a minor role indeed . How far ought one to go in investigating the created world , especially the human body ,等> made in God's own image ?
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He is one of the pre - eminent examples of good humanity . ... told his audience of medical students : a Mastery of self , conscientious devotion to duty , deep human interest in human beings — these best of all lessons you must learn ...
He is one of the pre - eminent examples of good humanity . ... told his audience of medical students : a Mastery of self , conscientious devotion to duty , deep human interest in human beings — these best of all lessons you must learn ...
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Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & Faith Issue 16 of Life of science library |
| Author | Jeremiah Stanton Finch |
| Publisher | Schuman, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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