Religio Medici
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1643 (written c. 1635)
- Form
- Essay
- Language
- English
- Length
- Short · 100 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Demanding3 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendReligio Medici and Urne-BuriallNew York Review Books, 2012Stephen Greenblatt and Ramie Targoff's edition, with the notes that Browne's Latin and learning require.
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A confession of faith by a young Norwich physician, written for himself around 1635, printed without his consent in 1642 and authorised in 1643. In the first part Browne describes a religion that reconciles the new science with the Church of England, delights in mysteries, and loves to lose himself in an O altitudo. In the second he treats charity and his own temperament. The book is prized for its slow, Latinate prose and its tolerant curiosity about everything.
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