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
... thinking must be removed before men will be ready to receive new knowledge . He is " taking up Learning at large , " and has prepared a " large and copious List . " Next , he protests that his task has been difficult . Some of his ...
... thinking must be removed before men will be ready to receive new knowledge . He is " taking up Learning at large , " and has prepared a " large and copious List . " Next , he protests that his task has been difficult . Some of his ...
Page 118
... thinking ? Granting that Browne mentions " experience " along with " reason " as his tests , what of his " authority ... thinking at the time it appeared . The audience Browne addressed was , he knew , committed to cer- tain habits of ...
... thinking ? Granting that Browne mentions " experience " along with " reason " as his tests , what of his " authority ... thinking at the time it appeared . The audience Browne addressed was , he knew , committed to cer- tain habits of ...
Page 122
... thinking person . In contrast to the refined , the- oretical reason of the medieval schoolmen - what we today would call armchair philosophy - Browne's reason is the process of drawing the most likely conclusion when sufficient ...
... thinking person . In contrast to the refined , the- oretical reason of the medieval schoolmen - what we today would call armchair philosophy - Browne's reason is the process of drawing the most likely conclusion when sufficient ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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