Bøger af Thomas Browne

Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial: With An Account Of Some Urns Found At Brampton In Norfolk (1893) is a historical book written by Thomas Browne. The book is a collection of two essays, Hydriotaphia and Urn Burial, which explore the burial customs of ancient civilizations. In Hydriotaphia, Browne examines the practice of burying the dead in urns, which was common in ancient Greece and Rome. He analyzes the significance of this practice and the cultural beliefs that underlie it. He also discusses the various types of urns used for burial and their symbolism.In Urn Burial, Browne focuses on the discovery of ancient burial urns in Norfolk, England. He provides an account of the excavation and the artifacts found, as well as the cultural and historical context of the burial practices. He also reflects on the transience of human life and the inevitability of death, drawing philosophical insights from the ancient burial customs.Overall, Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial: With An Account Of Some Urns Found At Brampton In Norfolk (1893) is a fascinating and insightful exploration of ancient burial customs and their cultural significance. It offers a unique perspective on the human experience of mortality and the ways in which different cultures have grappled with this fundamental aspect of life.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This edition of his works, with Introduction, Notes, Comments, and Bibliography, includes all Browne's major pieces and selections from his minor papers and letters. The Notes are designed to help the student understand Browne's references, and the Introduction provides an account of his life and an analysis of his baroque style against the background of seventeenth-century literature.

Religio medici and other essays. - Edited, with an introd. by D. Lloyd Roberts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The proverb "Where there are three physicians there are two atheists" summed up the public perception of seventeenth century physicians. But, as the reader of Religio Medici will testify, Sir Thomas Browne, M.D., was anything but an atheist. Browne qualified as a doctor in Europe and travelled widely across the continent, living among many different Christian sects. At the age of thirty, he set down his thoughts on religion, a work that was meant for private circulation only, but when a critically annotated version was printed without his permission in 1642, Browne felt obliged to publish an authorised edition the following year. As a singularly candid piece of introspection, Religio Medici broke the mould of seventeenth century works on religion and catapulted its author to fame across Europe. The book analyses what faith and Church doctrine mean to a post-reformation Christian heavily influenced by the rationalists of the 1600s. Divided into two parts, the first looks at faith and the second at charity, but much ground is covered within these two concepts - death, heaven, hell, judgement, resurrection and even music. Browne refutes the cavil of the day about physicians by arguing that reason and religious faith are perfectly compatible. God, after all, is the immanent power behind all things, both those that man has "worked out" and those that are beyond his reasoning powers. When the limits of rational thought are reached, Browne is happy to rely on faith and to revel in God's mysteries and uncertainties - although he points out that his views will change over time (according to "the dictates of my own reason") as new facts and perspectives come to light. It is this refreshing approach that sets Religio Medici apart as a work that continues to delight and inform the modern debate on religion and science.

A scholarly edition of an essay by Sir Thomas Browne. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

Originally published in 1958, this book contains the texts of two 1658 works by Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Burial and The Garden of Cyrus. Appendices and illustrative figures are included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Sir Thomas Browne and philosophy.