Paracelsus
Paracelsus, born Theophrastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
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- University of ViennaUniversity of Ferrara
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Trending topics shown first"We should become angels and not devils, that’s why we have been created and born into the world. Therefore be and stick to what God has chosen you for."
"God, our Father, has given us the life and the art of healing to protect and maintain it."
"What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins."
"He who wants to govern must have insight into the hearts of men and act accordingly."
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1493
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Birth1541
Died
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