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 147
... death must be the Lucina of life , and even Pagans could doubt , whether thus to live , were to dye . Since our longest sunne sets at right descensions , and makes but winter arches , and therefore it cannot be long before we lie down ...
... death must be the Lucina of life , and even Pagans could doubt , whether thus to live , were to dye . Since our longest sunne sets at right descensions , and makes but winter arches , and therefore it cannot be long before we lie down ...
Page 210
... death was inevitable , and he was bound to say so , but he watched the progress of the disease and made a number of acute medical observations . He noted that the patient had once suffered from rickets . He recalled the curious skin ail ...
... death was inevitable , and he was bound to say so , but he watched the progress of the disease and made a number of acute medical observations . He noted that the patient had once suffered from rickets . He recalled the curious skin ail ...
Page 214
... death . ” He had also written that " at my death I mean to take a total adieu of the World , not caring for a Monument , History , or Epitaph , not so much as the bare memory of my name to be found any where but in the uni- versal ...
... death . ” He had also written that " at my death I mean to take a total adieu of the World , not caring for a Monument , History , or Epitaph , not so much as the bare memory of my name to be found any where but in the uni- versal ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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