Pseudodoxia epidemica, or, Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths. / By Thomas Brown Dr. of Physick. The fifth edition. With marginal observations, and a table alphabetical. Whereunto are now added two discourses the one of urn-burial, or sepulchrall urns, lately found in Norfolk. The other of the Garden of Cyrus, or network plantations of the antients. Both newly written by the same author.

  • Thomas Browne
Date:
1669
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Pseudodoxia epidemica, or, Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths. / By Thomas Brown Dr. of Physick. The fifth edition. With marginal observations, and a table alphabetical. Whereunto are now added two discourses the one of urn-burial, or sepulchrall urns, lately found in Norfolk. The other of the Garden of Cyrus, or network plantations of the antients. Both newly written by the same author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    17/552
    BISSS SLOP OSLASSSSSEESSSSLLELOS Sabeabaneosenagondaseeenee e408 A Table of the Contents. ES EE EY SG NN Se EL AN ETE THE:FIRST BOOK, Containing’ the General part. F rhe firft Canfe of comison Errirs, the - common infirmity of humane nature. Chapter.r, A farther illuftration of the fame: chap.2. Of the fecond canfe of popular Errors, the erroneous difpofition of the people, Dy chap.3. Of the nearer caufes of common errors both inthe wifer and comwon fort, mifapprebenfion, fallacy or falfe deduttiony credulity, {upinity, adherence - anto eAntiguity, Tradition and Authority, contained in the follewing Chapters: Of miftake, wifapprehenfion,fallacy or falfe deduction. chap.4. Of credulity and Supimiry. chap.5. Of obftinate adherence unto antiquity. chap.6. Unto Aurbority. chap.7. Of Authors who have moft promoted papatar conceits. chap. 8. Of others indirectly effecting the fame, - ‘chap. 9 Of the laff and great promoter of falfe opinions, the endeavours of Satan. chip.10,41. THE SECOND BOOK, <== Beginning the particular part concerning Mineral and ecetable bodies. reE Rces SST Tee - HE common Tenent that C bryftail is nothing elfe but Ice firongly con gealed. chapter,1. Concerning she Loadffones of things particularly [pokemthereof evidently or probably trues of things gewerally veleived or particularly delivered , evi- dently or probably falfe. Of the wagnerieal. vertue of the earth, OF four motions of vhe Fone, that is its verticity or direttion , its coition «7 % attraftion, its declination, Variation, and alfo of its Antigaity. chap. 2. A rejection of fundry opinions and relations thereof, Natural, Adedical, Hif- orica’, Magical, chip. 3. Of bedies Electrical in ¢ ¢ eral. ; ) [b] Of