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 114
... famous French scholar , Julius Scaliger : " To cull from books what authors have reported is exceedingly dangerous ; true knowledge of things themselves is out of the things them- selves . " " 2 Dod seems to have felt confident in ...
... famous French scholar , Julius Scaliger : " To cull from books what authors have reported is exceedingly dangerous ; true knowledge of things themselves is out of the things them- selves . " " 2 Dod seems to have felt confident in ...
Page 166
... famous Mr Tho Brown M.D. , " to whom he credited two specimens " first observed . " Later Browne sent Ray " draughts of birds in colours " and some notes . Some of these are reproduced in the famous edition of Willughby's work on ...
... famous Mr Tho Brown M.D. , " to whom he credited two specimens " first observed . " Later Browne sent Ray " draughts of birds in colours " and some notes . Some of these are reproduced in the famous edition of Willughby's work on ...
Page 171
... famous Elia essay , " We are too hasty when we set our ancestors down in the gross for fools , for their monstrous inconsistencies ( as they seem to us ) involved in their creed of witchcraft . " 33 In Browne's notebooks we find the ...
... famous Elia essay , " We are too hasty when we set our ancestors down in the gross for fools , for their monstrous inconsistencies ( as they seem to us ) involved in their creed of witchcraft . " 33 In Browne's notebooks we find the ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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