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Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
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science · Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493 – 1541) · physician writer · astrologer · astronomer · pharmacist · chemist · philosopher · naturalist · physician · writer · also Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, Philip von Hohenheim, Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, Theophrast von Hohenheim
Born 10 November 1493 · Died 24 September 1541 · Q83428
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“I cannot offer thee a reward equal to thy art and knowledge—I surely offer thee a grateful soul. Thou hast recalled from the shades Frobenius who is my other half: if thou restorest me also thou restorest each through the other.”
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Published “Paracelsus” — cited 5 times.
Published “Vita beata - Vom seligen Leben” — cited 4 times.
Published “Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus” — cited 9 times.
Richard Billinger wrote a play Paracelsus for the Salzburg Festival
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Published a tale (which he attributed to Gall Morel) about Paracelsus's sword
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“Theophrastus Paracelsus eine Kritische”
By Dioclès Fabre d'Olivet (1811–1848, son of Antoine Fabre d'Olivet)
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Died 1541-09-24.
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“Denn wie ein Kranker eines Arztes bedarf, so bedürfen die Dinge eines Philosophen, so wie ein Christ seines Erlösers, so bedarf auch ein jedes Werk seines Meisters.”
Career landmark: town physician (1527).
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Studied at University of Vienna (1509).
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Born 1493-11-10.
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