What did Paracelsus mean by: Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth. - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland Copy
The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paracelsus, Knowledge, Nature, Observation, 0 - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland
What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paracelsus, Nature, Perception, Remedy, 0 - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland
Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.) Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paracelsus, Autonomy, Independence, Ownership, 0 - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland
The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paracelsus, Experience, Skill, Uniqueness, 0 - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland
This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paracelsus, Alchemy, Chemistry, Medicine, 0 - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland
All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Paracelsus, Poison, Remedy, 0 - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland
Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paracelsus, Diversity, Evolution, Transformation, 0 - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland
Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paracelsus, Alchemy, Body, Elements, 0 - Paracelsus Physician and alchemist · Switzerland
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia