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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Although countless critics and commentators have written about Religio Medici , it has not often been noticed that in his preface Browne speaks of other discourses " of affinitie thereto ” composed about the same time , indicating that ...
Although countless critics and commentators have written about Religio Medici , it has not often been noticed that in his preface Browne speaks of other discourses " of affinitie thereto ” composed about the same time , indicating that ...
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Part of the appeal of Religio Medici probably derives from its having been written in such odd moments . ... But in writing his reflections on his own religious faith as a kind of private confessional , he was under no such compulsion .
Part of the appeal of Religio Medici probably derives from its having been written in such odd moments . ... But in writing his reflections on his own religious faith as a kind of private confessional , he was under no such compulsion .
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How he actually went about writing his more elaborate passages is displayed in a manuscript page containing what appears to be the ... The headlong scrawl in which it is written is convincing evidence that Sir Thomas composed rapidly .
How he actually went about writing his more elaborate passages is displayed in a manuscript page containing what appears to be the ... The headlong scrawl in which it is written is convincing evidence that Sir Thomas composed rapidly .
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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