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
... thought of his new book , or about the audience he wished to reach . A prefatory note , " To the Reader , " tells this plainly . He begins by saying that existing errors in our thinking must be removed before men will be ready to ...
... thought of his new book , or about the audience he wished to reach . A prefatory note , " To the Reader , " tells this plainly . He begins by saying that existing errors in our thinking must be removed before men will be ready to ...
Page 187
... thought to have been , & am therefore sorry that you have obliged your self to that place by taking a chamber for so long or else to bee at a fruitlesse charge of the lodgings , butt I would not have you discontented . If ether your ...
... thought to have been , & am therefore sorry that you have obliged your self to that place by taking a chamber for so long or else to bee at a fruitlesse charge of the lodgings , butt I would not have you discontented . If ether your ...
Page 222
... thought to rep- resent Browne as an infant on his mother's lap , see Tildesley , pp . 28-32 . 5. Works , I , 86 ; VI , 201 , 179 . 6. C. Williams , " The Will of Thomas Browne , Mercer , Cheap- side , London , Father of Sir Thomas ...
... thought to rep- resent Browne as an infant on his mother's lap , see Tildesley , pp . 28-32 . 5. Works , I , 86 ; VI , 201 , 179 . 6. C. Williams , " The Will of Thomas Browne , Mercer , Cheap- side , London , Father of Sir Thomas ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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