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1 online resource : illustrations |
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My reading |
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My reading (Series)
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| Contents |
Cover -- titlepage -- copyright -- series introduction -- dedication -- contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chronology of Dr Thomas Browne's Life, 1605-1682 -- An Introductory Letter to Dr Browne -- 1 Ambiguity -- 2 Curiosity -- 3 Vitality -- 4 Piety -- 5 Humility -- 6 Misogyny -- 7 Mobility -- 8 Mortality -- A Concluding Letter to Dr Browne -- Endnotes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgements -- Index |
| Summary |
"Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) was an English physician, wordsmith, and polymath who contributed hundreds of words to the English language (such as medical, electricity, migrant, and computer). After studying medicine in Montpellier, Padua and Leiden he settled in Norwich, where he practised as a doctor and wrote some of the greatest books of the seventeenth century, still read for their accessibility and eloquence. Religio Medici ('Religion of the Doctor') examined the vexed question of faith in a God who, to a physician, seemed indifferent to suffering. Pseudodoxia Epidemica ('Vulgar Errors') gave free rein to an agile curiosity and sought to debunk notions then commonly believed, such as that dead kingfishers indicate the direction of the wind, or that a woman could get pregnant from sharing a bath with a man"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed March 8, 2024) |
| Subject |
Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682 -- Knowledge and learning
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Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682 |
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Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Authors, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
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MEDICAL / History.
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Authors, English -- Early modern
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Learning and scholarship
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Physicians
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Literature: history & criticism.
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Literature.
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Great Britain
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191987236 |
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0191987239 |
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9780192673909 |
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0192673904 |
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