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[[File:Paracelsus.jpg|350px|thumb|Etching of Paracelsus by A. Hirschvogel, 1538]] | [[File:Paracelsus.jpg|350px|thumb|Etching of Paracelsus by A. Hirschvogel, 1538]] | ||
'''Paracelsus''' (/ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs/; c. 1493 – 24 September 1541), born '''Theophrastus von Hohenheim''' (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss physician, [[alchemy|alchemist]], lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. | '''Paracelsus''' (/ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs/; c. 1493 – 24 September 1541), born '''Theophrastus von Hohenheim''' (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss physician, [[alchemy|alchemist]], lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He was a pioneer in several aspects of the "medical revolution" of the Renaissance, emphasizing the value of observation in combination with received wisdom. He is credited as the "father of toxicology". Paracelsianism is the early modern medical movement inspired by the study of his works. | ||
Paracelsus also had a substantial impact as a [[prophet]] or [[divination|diviner]], his "Prognostications" was studied by [[Rosicrucian]]s in the 1600s. | |||
Paracelsus also had a substantial impact as a [[prophet]] or [[divination|diviner]], his "Prognostications" | |||
==Philosophy== | ==Philosophy== | ||
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He often viewed fire as the Firmament that sat between air and water in the heavens. Paracelsus often uses an egg to help describe the elements. In his early model, he claimed that air surrounded the world like an egg shell. The egg white below the shell is like fire because it has a type of chaos to it that allows it to hold up earth and water. The earth and water make up a globe which, in terms of the egg, is the yolk. In ''De Meteoris'', Paracelsus claims the firmament is the heavens. | He often viewed fire as the Firmament that sat between air and water in the heavens. Paracelsus often uses an egg to help describe the elements. In his early model, he claimed that air surrounded the world like an egg shell. The egg white below the shell is like fire because it has a type of chaos to it that allows it to hold up earth and water. The earth and water make up a globe which, in terms of the egg, is the yolk. In ''De Meteoris'', Paracelsus claims the firmament is the heavens. | ||
His [[grimoire]] of [[ritual magic]], ''Of the Supreme Mysteries of Nature'', emphasised the distinction between [[natural magic|good]] and [[black magic|bad magic]]. | |||
==Contributions to medicine== | ==Contributions to medicine== | ||