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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... Vulgar Errors as the twilight of the medieval gods . They felt with Paul Elmer More that Browne " lovingly dallied with the witchery of the old learning . " 14 One exception was the historian , H. T. Buckle , who asserted that Browne's ...
... Vulgar Errors as the twilight of the medieval gods . They felt with Paul Elmer More that Browne " lovingly dallied with the witchery of the old learning . " 14 One exception was the historian , H. T. Buckle , who asserted that Browne's ...
Page 153
... Vulgar Errors he simply said that if anyone wished to believe that the earth moved , and " hath probable reasons for it , and I no in- fallible sense , nor reason against it , I will not quarrel with his assertion . " Sir Thomas's ...
... Vulgar Errors he simply said that if anyone wished to believe that the earth moved , and " hath probable reasons for it , and I no in- fallible sense , nor reason against it , I will not quarrel with his assertion . " Sir Thomas's ...
Page 258
... Vulgar Errors . The scien- tifically - minded Henry Justel also admired Browne's work . In his letters he repeatedly speaks of " les erreurs vulgaires , " and inquires about Sir Thomas Browne's health . As late as 1733 Vulgar Errors was ...
... Vulgar Errors . The scien- tifically - minded Henry Justel also admired Browne's work . In his letters he repeatedly speaks of " les erreurs vulgaires , " and inquires about Sir Thomas Browne's health . As late as 1733 Vulgar Errors was ...
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