Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths

Sir Thomas Browne

E. Dod, 1658 - Common fallacies - 440 pages

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THE FIRST BOOK	1

That Purcellane or China diſhes lie under the earth an bundred years irë	5

That men weigh heavier dead then aliveand before meat then after c	13

chap	21

Of the forte Cauſe of common Errors the common infirmity of humane	26

of the ſecond cauſe of popular Errors the erroueous diſpoſition of	48

Of the cuſtom of Saluting or bleſſing upon ſneezing	59

Of Gypſies	114

Of the pictures of the Sybils	342

Of the piciure deſcribing the death of Cleopatra	352

left ſides	387

That plurifies are only on the left ſide	397

That the Tower of Babel was erected againt a ſecond Deluge chap 5	430

rection its coition or attračiion its declination variation and alſo	435

Of the picture of S George	440

A rejection of ſundry opinions and relations thereof Natural Medical	448

Of the canicular or Dogdayes	175

Of mistake miſapprehenſion fallacy or falſe deduction	182

2	189

chap3	202

Of diſcovering of doutfull matters by book or staff chap	221

That Snakes iting with many others	229

of obſtinate adherence unto antiquity	231

Hat the forbidden fruit was an Apple	251

Of the picture of a Graſshopper	289

Of the picture of Moſes with borns	300

NOncerning the beginning of the world that the time thereof is	333

of bodies Elečirical in general	461

preciſely known as commonly it is preſumed Chapter 1	1

That a Pigeon bath Ho Gal clap3	3

of the fourth finger of our left hand whereon we w ar our Rings chap 4	4

Of Eait and Weſt and properties reſpectively aſcribed unto Countries c 7	8

p 9	9

O fom? cibors	19

Of the right and left hand	25

chap 15	35

of ſwimming that fonic men swin naturally tbit men drowned de float	62

Title	Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths, Sir Thomas Browne
Author	Sir Thomas Browne
Publisher	E. Dod, 1658
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	Feb 11, 2014
Length	440 pages

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