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 18
... knowledge made necessary a delineation of the boundaries of such knowledge , a discrimination between what can and cannot be known . Browne was drawn to the problem because he himself was driven by a desire to investigate , to find out ...
... knowledge made necessary a delineation of the boundaries of such knowledge , a discrimination between what can and cannot be known . Browne was drawn to the problem because he himself was driven by a desire to investigate , to find out ...
Page 19
... knowledge of the stars , plants , and animals , “ of the Earth he had such a minute and exact Geographical Knowledge , as if he had been by Divine Providence ordained Surveyor - General of the whole Terrestrial Orb . " 12 It mattered ...
... knowledge of the stars , plants , and animals , “ of the Earth he had such a minute and exact Geographical Knowledge , as if he had been by Divine Providence ordained Surveyor - General of the whole Terrestrial Orb . " 12 It mattered ...
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... knowledge . It is , rather , the pooled experience of mankind , what is plausible and accept- able to any thinking person . In contrast to the refined , the- oretical reason of the medieval schoolmen - what we today would call armchair ...
... knowledge . It is , rather , the pooled experience of mankind , what is plausible and accept- able to any thinking person . In contrast to the refined , the- oretical reason of the medieval schoolmen - what we today would call armchair ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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