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 98
... written . Browne was an inveterate scribbler . Into his notebooks went all sorts of miscellaneous jottings , ranging from closely written accounts of experiments with narcotics and notes on coagulation to speculations about tutelary ...
... written . Browne was an inveterate scribbler . Into his notebooks went all sorts of miscellaneous jottings , ranging from closely written accounts of experiments with narcotics and notes on coagulation to speculations about tutelary ...
Page 99
... written in such odd moments . Browne could certainly have made his book an elabo- rate , formalized treatise if he ... writing his reflections on his own religious faith as a kind of private confessional , he was under no such compulsion ...
... written in such odd moments . Browne could certainly have made his book an elabo- rate , formalized treatise if he ... writing his reflections on his own religious faith as a kind of private confessional , he was under no such compulsion ...
Page 189
... written is convincing evidence that Sir Thomas composed rapidly . So sketchy is the draft that it is scarcely recognizable as Browne's , save for cer- tain flashes of style . The general impression is of a quick hand and a swiftly ...
... written is convincing evidence that Sir Thomas composed rapidly . So sketchy is the draft that it is scarcely recognizable as Browne's , save for cer- tain flashes of style . The general impression is of a quick hand and a swiftly ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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