The heart of man is the place the Devil ’s in: I feel sometimes a hell within myself. |
—Religio Medici. Part i. Sect. li. |
Sir Thomas Browne |
Harvard Classics, Vol. 3, Part 5
Religio Medici
Sir Thomas Browne
A personal essay reconciling the religious and scientific life first published without the author’s knowledge, the Religio stands as the touchstone for all English prose that follows.
Contents
NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001
- Introductory Note
- To the Reader
- The First Part
- Paras. 1–35
- Paras. 36–70
- The Second Part