../ggcms/src/templates/revoltsource/view/display_greatgrandchildof_quotes.php
Swiss Physician, Alchemist, Lay Theologian, and Philosopher of the German Renaissance (born Theophrastus Von Hohenheim)
: A Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He was a pioneer in several aspects of the "medical revolution" of the Renaissance, emphasizing the value of observation in combination with received wisdom. He is credited as the "father of toxicology". Paracelsus also had a substantial influence as a prophet or diviner, his "Prognostications" being studied by Rosicrucians in the 1600s. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #12 on Education Struggle Quotes >> School and Memorization
“All the universities and all the ancient writers put together have less talent than my ass.”
Source: "A Brief History of Disease, Science, & Medicine: From the Ice Age to the Genome Project," by Michael T. Kennedy, Asklepiad Press, Mission Viejo, California, 2004. Chapter 7: The Beginning of Modern Science, Page 81.
"A Brief History of Disease, Science, & Medicine: From the Ice Age to the Genome Project," by Michael T. Kennedy, Asklepiad Press, Mission Viejo, California, 2004.
No comments so far. You can be the first!
<< Last Entry in Memorization | Current Entry in Memorization 12 | Next Entry in Memorization >> |
All Nearby Items in Memorization
|