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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Page 185
... things : Adam and Eve , the Flood , the early civilization of the Nile with its Sphinxes and Pyramids . His strong sense of continuity foreshortened his perspective . Solomon often seems a near - contem- porary , Homer not too far ...
... things : Adam and Eve , the Flood , the early civilization of the Nile with its Sphinxes and Pyramids . His strong sense of continuity foreshortened his perspective . Solomon often seems a near - contem- porary , Homer not too far ...
Page 190
... things seen , makes some things invisible ; were it not for darknesse and the shadow of earth , the noblest part of the Creation had 190.
... things seen , makes some things invisible ; were it not for darknesse and the shadow of earth , the noblest part of the Creation had 190.
Page 270
... things are known , as some are seen , that is by Parallaxis , or at some dis- tance from their true and proper beings , the super- ficial regard of things having a having a different aspect • • from their true and central Natures ...
... things are known , as some are seen , that is by Parallaxis , or at some dis- tance from their true and proper beings , the super- ficial regard of things having a having a different aspect • • from their true and central Natures ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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