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His reflections range across antiquity, the Liberal Arts, religion, philosophy and the mysteries of existence, continually returning to the individual experience of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligio Medici occupies a fascinating position within the history of occult philosophy and early modern thought. Browne demonstrates that rational enquiry and mystical contemplation need not be opposing forces, creating a work in which intellectual scepticism, spiritual imagination and an openness to the mysteries of the natural world coexist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition has been transcribed, edited and introduced by Paul Summers Young, based upon the 1643 edition. Modern spelling and punctuation have been introduced to make Browne’s prose more accessible to contemporary readers while retaining the character and intellectual atmosphere of the original work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the first volume in Black Letter Press’s series of Browne’s writings, this edition will appeal to readers of Thomas Browne, occult philosophy, early modern literature and the intellectual history of seventeenth-century England. 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