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Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend

Thomas Browne

Medicine & HealthEnglish
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In Religio Medici, 'the religion of a doctor', Thomas Browne, a physician in Norwich, explains with charm and candour how a man of science can also be a…

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Author
Thomas Browne
Category
Medicine & Health
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

In Religio Medici, 'the religion of a doctor', Thomas Browne, a physician in Norwich, explains with charm and candour how a man of science can also be a Christian: he loves mysteries, tolerates other faiths and finds God in nature as much as in scripture. Hydriotaphia, or Urn Burial, begins with some ancient burial urns dug up in a field in Norfolk and becomes a magnificent meditation on death, oblivion and human vanity.

Context and significance

Browne (1605–1682) wrote Religio Medici around 1635, and it was printed without his permission in 1642; Urn Burial followed in 1658. His rich, musical prose has been admired by writers from Coleridge to Borges. Compare Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy.

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