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 120
... observation as the true basis for natural philosophy ? Surprisingly far , we shall find , if we read his book care ... observed that it may not " be easily drowned , " for " it lived almost six days " ; he put spiders in a glass with a ...
... observation as the true basis for natural philosophy ? Surprisingly far , we shall find , if we read his book care ... observed that it may not " be easily drowned , " for " it lived almost six days " ; he put spiders in a glass with a ...
Page 145
... observations . The pas- sages of high beauty do not really begin until the fourth chapter , by way of a digression ... observed is known as adipocere , " grave wax , " the insoluble fatty acids left as a residue of the pre - existing ...
... observations . The pas- sages of high beauty do not really begin until the fourth chapter , by way of a digression ... observed is known as adipocere , " grave wax , " the insoluble fatty acids left as a residue of the pre - existing ...
Page 191
... observe everything carefully , to learn to speak and write French , " and in what you write in Eng- lish , observe the ... observed , ob- viously written to show his parents that he had seen the im- portant sights . The spark of creative ...
... observe everything carefully , to learn to speak and write French , " and in what you write in Eng- lish , observe the ... observed , ob- viously written to show his parents that he had seen the im- portant sights . The spark of creative ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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