Religio Medici and Other Essays by Sir Thomas Browne.
by Browne, Thomas. [C.S. Lewis]
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London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd, [1911]. First published in 1643 after an unauthorized version was distributed the previous year, Sir Thomas Browne's Religio Medici became an instant best-seller upon publication and has remained remarkably influential throughout the centuries. Structured upon the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity and in many ways a psychological self-portrait, the text served to express Browne's beliefs in the doctrine of sola fide, the existence of hell, the Last Judgment, the resurrection and other tenets of Christianity with the use of scientific imagery to illustrate religious truths and exhibit the relationship between science and religion. One of the four founding fathers of John Hopkins Hospital and "the father of modern medicine", William Osler is said to have learned Religio Medici by heart, Virginia Woolf regarded it as the basis for all future confessionals and memoirs, and Carl Jung cited it many times throughout his writings.
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- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 122430
- Title
- Religio Medici and Other Essays by Sir Thomas Browne.
- Author
- Browne, Thomas. [C.S. Lewis]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1911]
- Keywords
- C.S. Lewis First Edition Signed, Confessions of St. Augustine First Edition, Religio Medici, Thomas Browne First Edition
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