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Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682)

Autor/a de Sir Thomas Browne: The Major Works

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Obres de Sir Thomas Browne

Religio Medici (1643) 224 exemplars
Religio Medici and Other Writings (1906) 116 exemplars
The Prose of Sir Thomas Browne (1967) 72 exemplars
Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1981) 53 exemplars
The works of Sir Thomas Browne (2012) 34 exemplars
Religio medici, and other works (1956) 18 exemplars
The Garden of Cyrus (2007) 16 exemplars
Christian morals (2007) 10 exemplars
On dreams (1994) 4 exemplars
Certain miscellany tracts (2016) 3 exemplars
Robbery under arms 1 exemplars
Musaeum Clausum 1 exemplars
Sir Thomas Browne's Works (1936) 1 exemplars

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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)
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Joe.Olipo | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | 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 | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | 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 | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | May 22, 2021 |
> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Browne-Pseudodoxia-Epidemica/114567

> La grand oeuvre d'un incroyable styliste doublé d'un homme de science, né à Londres en 1605, toujours actuel.
Danieljean (Babelio)
 
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Joop-le-philosophe | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Feb 19, 2021 |

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Obres
83
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9
Membres
1,808
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#14,230
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4.0
Ressenyes
29
ISBN
113
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5
Preferit
19

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