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- DictionaryPar·a·cel·sus/ˌparəˈselsəs/
- 1. (c. 1493–1541), Swiss physician: born Theophrastus Phillipus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim. He developed a new approach to medicine and philosophy based on observation and experience.
Aug 17, 2024 · Paracelsus saw alchemy as a tool for improving human health and well-being, rather than solely a means to material wealth. His definition of alchemy as a process of separation and transformation is particularly insightful.
Aug 21, 2024 · Meanings for Paracelsus. Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
Aug 1, 2024 · Alchemy, a form of speculative thought that, among other aims, tried to transform base metals such as lead or copper into silver or gold and to discover a cure for disease and a way of extending life. It was not conclusively disproved by scientific evidence until the 19th century.
- Alchemy was a form of speculative thought that, among other aims, tried to transform base metals such as lead or copper into silver or gold. It als...
- Gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, and tin are the metals of alchemy. Mercury and sulfur were also crucial to alchemy.
- The oldest known Chinese alchemical treatise is the Chou-i ts’an t’ung ch’i (“Commentary on the I Ching”). It is mainly an apocryphal interpretatio...
Aug 20, 2024 · Paracelsus — ‘All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.’
2 days ago · Panpsychism holds that mind or a mind-like aspect is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of reality. [ 1] It is also described as a theory in which "the mind is a fundamental feature of the world which exists throughout the universe". [ 2] Panpsychists posit that the type of mentality we know through our own experience is present, in some form ...
Aug 16, 2024 · Paracelsus, born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493 – 1541), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, and philosopher who revolutionized ...
6 days ago · Think of a quiet mountain-cloistered priest Instructing Paracelsus! yet't is so. Come, I will show you where my merit lies.
