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 115
... final paragraph : Nor have we Dictator - like obtruded our conceptions ; but in the humility of Enquiries . . . only proposed them unto more ocular discerners . And therefore opinions are free ; and open it is for any to think or ...
... final paragraph : Nor have we Dictator - like obtruded our conceptions ; but in the humility of Enquiries . . . only proposed them unto more ocular discerners . And therefore opinions are free ; and open it is for any to think or ...
Page 202
... final and handsomer edition of Vulgar Errors with numerous revisions to keep it up - to - date : he qualified some of his remarks on plants ; as a result of the work of Sylvius and Mayow he sup- plemented statements on the function of ...
... final and handsomer edition of Vulgar Errors with numerous revisions to keep it up - to - date : he qualified some of his remarks on plants ; as a result of the work of Sylvius and Mayow he sup- plemented statements on the function of ...
Page 227
... final step in qualifying for the doctorate ( Smith , pp . xii - xiii ) . Jean Astruc said : " Guido Patin ascribes to him [ Browne ] a Treatise de Lue Venerea ; but I have never seen it , nor do I remember that it is mentioned by any ...
... final step in qualifying for the doctorate ( Smith , pp . xii - xiii ) . Jean Astruc said : " Guido Patin ascribes to him [ Browne ] a Treatise de Lue Venerea ; but I have never seen it , nor do I remember that it is mentioned by any ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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