Complex sentence: Though he was a practicing clinician and considered himself to be a scientist, much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas including Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts.
Split into simpler sentences: Though he was a practicing clinician and considered himself to be a scientist. Much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas including Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts.