An edition of Religio medici (1644)
Religio medici
to which is added, Hydrotaphia, or Urn-burial, a discourse on sepulchral urns. With a preliminary discourse and notes by J.A. St. John
By Thomas Browne
Publish Date
1841
Publisher
H. Washbourne
Language
lat
Pages
253
Description:
Sir Thomas Browne is one of the supreme stylists of the English language: a coiner of words and spinner of phrases to rival Shakespeare; the wielder of a weird and wonderful erudition; an inquiring spirit in the mold of Montaigne. Browne was an inspiration to the Romantics as well as to W.G. Sebald, and his work is quirky, sonorous, and enchanting. In Religio Medici, Browne mulls over the relation between his medical profession and his profession of the Christian faith, pondering the respective claims of science and religion, questions that are still very much alive today.
subjects: Religion, Christian life, Christian ethics, Christianity, Ethics, Burial, Medicine and Religion