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Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682)

Teoksen Sir Thomas Browne: The Major Works tekijä

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Sir Thomas Browne: The Major Works (1977) 270 kappaletta
Lääkärin uskonto (1643) 219 kappaletta
Religio Medici and Other Writings (1906) 116 kappaletta
The Prose of Sir Thomas Browne (1967) 71 kappaletta
Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1981) 49 kappaletta
The works of Sir Thomas Browne (2012) 34 kappaletta
Religio medici, and other works (1956) 19 kappaletta
The Garden of Cyrus (2007) 15 kappaletta
Christian morals (2007) 10 kappaletta
The Letters of Sir Thomas Browne (1931) 10 kappaletta
Religio Medici and Other Essays (1936) 9 kappaletta
On dreams (1994) 4 kappaletta
Certain miscellany tracts (2016) 3 kappaletta
Musaeum Clausum 1 kappale
Sir Thomas Browne's Works (1936) 1 kappale

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And to have new names given us like many of the mummies

Tortuosity of thought in the Religio redeemed by the erudition of Urn Burial

"When men that feared to die shall groan that they can die but once, the dismal state is the second and living death; when life puts despair on the damned; when men shall wish the coverings of mountains, not of monuments, and annihilation shall be courted"
"one face of Janus holds no proportion unto the other" --> with respect to time and the Great Silent Majority (which continues to bide its time)
"but all was vanity. feeding the wind"
"five languages secured not the epitaph of gordianus" (in greek, latin, hebrew, egyptian, arabic, defaced by licinius the emperor)
Exolution
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Joe.Olipo | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jun 4, 2023 |
An inspiring work for all who love words and appreciate erudition. That does not take away from the imaginative largesse of Browne's prose. The glossary and notes included in this edition are helpful to all who are not scholars of the history of literature.
 
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jwhenderson | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Apr 26, 2022 |
There's no way I could properly rate this treasure. It's going to take me months to come up with even an outline of commentary.
 
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KatrinkaV | 1 muu arvostelu | May 22, 2021 |
> La grand oeuvre d'un incroyable styliste doublé d'un homme de science, né à Londres en 1605, toujours actuel. --Danieljean (Babelio)

> Citations et Extraits (Babelio) : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Browne-Pseudodoxia-Epidemica/114567#citations
 
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Joop-le-philosophe | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 19, 2021 |

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