“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.”

About Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus

Physician • Swiss

Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He was a pioneer in several aspects of the 'medical revolution'...