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 45
... seems to have been closely associated with the group who later persuaded Browne to take up practice in Norwich . In a letter writ- ten in his old age , Sir Thomas was able to give John Au- brey a number of biographical details about his ...
... seems to have been closely associated with the group who later persuaded Browne to take up practice in Norwich . In a letter writ- ten in his old age , Sir Thomas was able to give John Au- brey a number of biographical details about his ...
Page 137
... seems to have been aware . At one point in Religio , the young doctor pauses to speak scornfully of the fussy sort of mind that will ac- cept wild stories out of Pliny yet question some accounts in the Bible . Then he bursts out : " My ...
... seems to have been aware . At one point in Religio , the young doctor pauses to speak scornfully of the fussy sort of mind that will ac- cept wild stories out of Pliny yet question some accounts in the Bible . Then he bursts out : " My ...
Page 262
... seems to have been excluded because of his manner of writing . It is very hard to believe that Browne was kept out by an enemy within the Society . Only a two -. * The Society was , of course , quite able to recognize Digby's capacities ...
... seems to have been excluded because of his manner of writing . It is very hard to believe that Browne was kept out by an enemy within the Society . Only a two -. * The Society was , of course , quite able to recognize Digby's capacities ...
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