Paracelsus (late 1493 – September 24, 1541), born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, wis a Swiss German[5] filosofer, pheesician, botanist, astrologer, an general occultist.[6] He is creditit as the foonder o toxicology.[7] He is an aa a famous revolutionary for utilisin observations o naitur, rather nor referrin tae auncient texts, something o radical defiance during his time.[7] He is creditit for giein zinc its name, cawin it zincum.[8][9] Modren psychology eften an aa credits him for bein the first tae note that some diseases are ruitit in psychological condeetions.[10]
Paracelsus | |
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Born | Philip von Hohenheim 11 November 1493 or 17 December 1493 Egg, near Einsiedeln, Auld Swiss Confederacy (present-day Swisserland) |
Dee'd | 24 September 1541 47) Salzburg, Archbishopric o Salzburg (present-day Austrick) | (aged
Naitionality | Swiss, German |
Ither names | Theophrastus von Hohenheim; Phillipus Areolus; Bombastus |
Alma mater | Varsity o Ferrara |
Era | Renaissance filosofie |
Region | Wastren Filosofie |
Schuil | Renaissance humanism |
Main interests | Alchemy Pheesiology Astrology Science the Occult |
Notable ideas | Air is the arche Faither o toxicology "The dose maks the poison" |
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