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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... printed " must be from some other pen than mine . " He had tried , he said , to notify the printer as Browne ... printed before under the name of : Religio Medici . Printed for Andrew Crooke : 1643. " He did not stop there . The ...
... printed " must be from some other pen than mine . " He had tried , he said , to notify the printer as Browne ... printed before under the name of : Religio Medici . Printed for Andrew Crooke : 1643. " He did not stop there . The ...
Page 119
... printed ; and there was no thinker of the stature of Descartes to stimulate British intellectual and sci- entific life . As we glance down the list of books printed in those years , we find that almost all were heavy and solemn . Even ...
... printed ; and there was no thinker of the stature of Descartes to stimulate British intellectual and sci- entific life . As we glance down the list of books printed in those years , we find that almost all were heavy and solemn . Even ...
Page 283
... printed for J. Torbuck , London , 1736 , p . xxviii . S. Johnson , The Life of Sir Thomas Browne , Wilkin , I , xviii . 9. C. Williams , " Remarks on the early life of Sir Thomas Browne , " Norwich [ 1906 ] ( reprinted from the ...
... printed for J. Torbuck , London , 1736 , p . xxviii . S. Johnson , The Life of Sir Thomas Browne , Wilkin , I , xviii . 9. C. Williams , " Remarks on the early life of Sir Thomas Browne , " Norwich [ 1906 ] ( reprinted from the ...
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