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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For example , he begins a chapter on mineral bodies by naming writers who have said that a diamond will be softened by goat's blood : a And first we hear it in every mouth , and in many good Authors read it , That a Diamond , which is ...
For example , he begins a chapter on mineral bodies by naming writers who have said that a diamond will be softened by goat's blood : a And first we hear it in every mouth , and in many good Authors read it , That a Diamond , which is ...
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But he had no intention of composing a long discourse , and after he had written several chapters , his antiquarian interest gave way to reflections on the mystery of man's existence . These presently were finished , and he laid his ...
But he had no intention of composing a long discourse , and after he had written several chapters , his antiquarian interest gave way to reflections on the mystery of man's existence . These presently were finished , and he laid his ...
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... bubble of his erudition collapses , for an examination of these two volumes ( both of which were in Browne's library ) shows that they furnished not only the theme of the essay but most of the matter of the first chapter as well .
... bubble of his erudition collapses , for an examination of these two volumes ( both of which were in Browne's library ) shows that they furnished not only the theme of the essay but most of the matter of the first chapter as well .
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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 California |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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