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“From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.”

Quote by Paracelsus

Book:Four Treatises Together with Selected Writings

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Four Treatises Together with Selected Writings

This book is a compilation of four distinct treatises, each addressing different subjects, along with a selection of additional writings that further delve into the author's thoughts and perspectives. more

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Paracelsus, born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, and astrologer. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern medicine and chemistry, having a profound impact on later generations. more

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“A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.”

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“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.”

Men World Littles Whole Earth Stars Planets Elements Microcosm Firmament Quintessence Stars And Planets

Book:The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great: Hermetic medicine and hermetic philosophy

Source: The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great: Hermetic medicine and hermetic philosophy

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Book:Four Treatises Together with Selected Writings

Source: Four Treatises Together with Selected Writings

“Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.”

Should Past Judgement Fallen Contempt Alchemy

Author:Paracelsus

“What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?”

Ifs Disease Cures Physicians Alleviate

Book:Selected Writings

Source: Selected Writings

“We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.”

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“Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.”

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Book:Selected Writings

Source: Selected Writings

“Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.”

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Book:Selected Writings

Source: Selected Writings

“The dose makes the poison.”

Author:Paracelsus

“Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.”

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