Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithCollier Books, 1961 - 251 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 19
... Vulgar Errors.13 When today one takes up Browne's Vulgar Errors and turns the pages of the slow - moving discussions of such things as " Bodies Electrical , " the " Unicorn's Horn , " or " The Glow- worm , " one is tempted to dismiss ...
... Vulgar Errors.13 When today one takes up Browne's Vulgar Errors and turns the pages of the slow - moving discussions of such things as " Bodies Electrical , " the " Unicorn's Horn , " or " The Glow- worm , " one is tempted to dismiss ...
Page 20
... Vulgar Errors is no more than a cabi- net of curiosities . He reminds us that some of the “ quaint ” errors Browne attempts to refute are not obsolete : that people still believe that moles are blind , that an ostrich digests iron , and ...
... Vulgar Errors is no more than a cabi- net of curiosities . He reminds us that some of the “ quaint ” errors Browne attempts to refute are not obsolete : that people still believe that moles are blind , that an ostrich digests iron , and ...
Page 117
... errors that spring from man's innate imperfections , errors arising from association and misunder- standing , errors ... Vulgar Errors is noticeably Baconian in arrangement and in outlook.3 The two hundred leaves in the 1646 folio ...
... errors that spring from man's innate imperfections , errors arising from association and misunder- standing , errors ... Vulgar Errors is noticeably Baconian in arrangement and in outlook.3 The two hundred leaves in the 1646 folio ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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