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.