Paracelsus was a Swiss German Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist. He founded the discipline of toxicology. He is also known as a revolutionary for insisting upon using observations of nature, rather than looking to ancient texts, in open and radical defiance of medical practice of his day. He is also credited for giving zinc its name, calling it zincum. Modern psychology often also credits him for being the first to note that some diseases are rooted in psychological illness.
His personality was stubborn and independent. He grew progressively more frustrated and bitter as he became more embattled as a reformer.
"Paracelsus", meaning "next to Celsus" or "beyond Celsus", refers to the Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus from the 1st century, known for his tract on medicine.
Paracelsus' most important legacy is likely his critique of the scholastic methods in medicine, science and theology.
Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration. dreams
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind. art & nature
The interpretation of dreams is a great art. dreams
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. dreams & greatness
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3 more sayings from John Millington Synge
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28 sayings from William Butler Yeats
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27 quotes from Dave Barry
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74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill