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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At the age of thirty , however , thinking back over the events of his life , he could recall a great many varied experiences , and not a few dangerous ones : journeys through the forests of Ireland , near - shipwreck on the return ...
At the age of thirty , however , thinking back over the events of his life , he could recall a great many varied experiences , and not a few dangerous ones : journeys through the forests of Ireland , near - shipwreck on the return ...
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He begins by saying that existing errors in our thinking must be removed before men will be ready to receive new knowledge . He is “ taking up Learning at large , ” and has prepared a “ large and copious List .
He begins by saying that existing errors in our thinking must be removed before men will be ready to receive new knowledge . He is “ taking up Learning at large , ” and has prepared a “ large and copious List .
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Vulgar Errors , and the state of scientific thinking at the time it appeared . The audience Browne addressed was , he knew , committed to certain habits of thinking , habits which could not be changed without some reference , at least ...
Vulgar Errors , and the state of scientific thinking at the time it appeared . The audience Browne addressed was , he knew , committed to certain habits of thinking , habits which could not be changed without some reference , at least ...
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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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