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 22
... Reason , " he prefers to recognize the limitations of the human mind : " I teach my haggard and unreclaimed Reason to stoop unto the lure of Faith . " Here it was that Browne found his solution to the demands which his profession and ...
... Reason , " he prefers to recognize the limitations of the human mind : " I teach my haggard and unreclaimed Reason to stoop unto the lure of Faith . " Here it was that Browne found his solution to the demands which his profession and ...
Page 122
... reason alone as the two great pillars of truth . Historically , " reason " is a fascinating term which has received much attention from scholars , but Browne uses it broadly as that which is acceptable to our minds and our experience ...
... reason alone as the two great pillars of truth . Historically , " reason " is a fascinating term which has received much attention from scholars , but Browne uses it broadly as that which is acceptable to our minds and our experience ...
Page 123
... reasons for it , and I no infallible sense , nor reason against it , I will not quarrel with his asser- tion . " Sir Thomas's conservatism was unfortunate but under- standable . The concept of the earth's moving around the sun did not ...
... reasons for it , and I no infallible sense , nor reason against it , I will not quarrel with his asser- tion . " Sir Thomas's conservatism was unfortunate but under- standable . The concept of the earth's moving around the sun did not ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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