John Napier vs. Paracelsus
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
John Napier
1550 – 1617
Science
Kingdom of Scotland
John Napier of Merchiston, nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. Napier is best known as the discoverer of logarithms. He also invented the Napier's bones calculating device and popularised the use of the decimal point in arithmetic.
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"24 Proposition. The great ten-horned beast, is the whole bodie of the Latine Empire, whereof the Antichrist is a part."
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Paracelsus
1493 – 1541
Philosophy
Germany
Paracelsus, born Theophrastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
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"He who wants to govern must have insight into the hearts of men and act accordingly."
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