Paracelsus
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Copy of a lost portrait by Quentin Matsys
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Philip von Hohenheim 11 November 1493 or 17 December 1493 Egg, near Einsiedeln, Old Swiss Confederacy (present-day Switzerland) |
| Died | 24 September 1541 (aged 47) Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg (present-day Austria) |
| Nationality | Swiss, German |
| Other names | Theophrastus von Hohenheim; Phillipus Areolus; Bombastus |
| Alma mater | University of Ferrara |
| Era | Renaissance philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Renaissance humanism |
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Main interests
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Alchemy Physiology Astrology Science the Occult |
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Notable ideas
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Air is the arche Father of toxicology "The dose makes the poison" |
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Paracelsus (/ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs/; late 1493 – September 24, 1541), born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss German philosopher, physician, botanist, astrologer, and general occultist. He is credited as the founder of toxicology. He is also a famous revolutionary for utilizing observations of nature, rather than referring to ancient texts, something of radical defiance during his time. He is 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 conditions.
Paracelsus' most important legacy is likely his critique of the scholastic methods in medicine, science and theology. Much of his theoretical work does not withstand modern scientific thought, but his insights laid the foundation for a more dynamic approach in the medical sciences.
Paracelsus was born and raised in the village of Einsiedeln in Switzerland. His father, Wilhelm Bombast von Hohenheim, was a Swabian (German) chemist and physician. His mother was Swiss and probably a bondswoman of the abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland where he was born; she presumably died in his childhood. In 1502 the family moved to Villach, Carinthia where Paracelsus' father worked as a physician, attending to the medical needs of the pilgrims and inhabitants of the cloister.
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