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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Mind and Style James Russell Lowell thought Browne " our most imaginative mind since Shakespeare , ” 18 and indeed he often ” approaches the level of poetry : I am sure there is a common Spirit that plays within us , yet makes no part ...
Mind and Style James Russell Lowell thought Browne " our most imaginative mind since Shakespeare , ” 18 and indeed he often ” approaches the level of poetry : I am sure there is a common Spirit that plays within us , yet makes no part ...
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The book displays a wide reading , ranging from the finest expression of the ancient Greek mind to the works of Browne's own contemporaries , and its style is enlivened by echoes of Rabelais , of Dante , of the early Church Fathers ...
The book displays a wide reading , ranging from the finest expression of the ancient Greek mind to the works of Browne's own contemporaries , and its style is enlivened by echoes of Rabelais , of Dante , of the early Church Fathers ...
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Less than ten years before his death , he composed an essay entitled A Letter to a Friend , in which his inquisitive mind , his long medical experience , and his versatile interests found rich expression . It is comprehensive in matter ...
Less than ten years before his death , he composed an essay entitled A Letter to a Friend , in which his inquisitive mind , his long medical experience , and his versatile interests found rich expression . It is comprehensive in matter ...
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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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