Volume 2
Of credulity and incredulity; in things divine and spiritual: wherein, (among other things) a true and faithful account is given of the Platonick philosophy, as it hath reference to Christianity: as also the business of witches and witchcraft. Against a late writer, fully argued and disputed. / By Merick Casaubon, D.D. and one of the prebends of Christ-Church, Canterbury.
- Méric Casaubon
- Date:
- 1670
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Of credulity and incredulity; in things divine and spiritual: wherein, (among other things) a true and faithful account is given of the Platonick philosophy, as it hath reference to Christianity: as also the business of witches and witchcraft. Against a late writer, fully argued and disputed. / By Merick Casaubon, D.D. and one of the prebends of Christ-Church, Canterbury. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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