“ He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless. But he who understands also loves, notices, sees....The more knowledge is inherent in a thing, the greater the love....Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes. ”
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“ Medicine rests upon four pillars—philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. The first pillar is the philosophical knowledge of earth and water; the second, astronomy, supplies its full understanding of that which is of fiery and airy nature; the third is an adequate explanation of the properties of all the four elements—that is to say, of the whole cosmos—and an introduction into the art of their transformations; and finally, the fourth shows the physician those virtues which must stay with him up until his death, and it should support and complete the three other pillars. ”
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“ For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region. ”
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“ Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many. ”
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“ It is the soul that bears man's burdens and joys. It has reason, foresight, and wisdom as companions. These three are intended to rule over the body and to lead it, lest the soul yoke prove too burdensome. But over them the spirit has been appointed, and the spirit governs reason as well as wisdom and foresight… ”
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“ This means that each country, in addition to the general properties common to the whole world, also has its own specific properties. ”
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“ Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design? ”
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“ For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. ”
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“ Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided. ”
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“ Then their imagination could work wonders upon wonders and invoke the shades of the philosophers, who would instruct them in their art. ”
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“ It is the soul that bears man's burdens and joys. It has reason, foresight, and wisdom as companions. These three are intended to rule over the body and to lead it, lest the soul yoke prove too burdensome. But over them the spirit has been appointed, and the spirit governs reason as well as wisdom and foresight… ”
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“ What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross. ”
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“ The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament. ”
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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. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ 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. ”
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“ But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater? ”
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“ If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed. ”
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“ This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine. ”
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“ 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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“ 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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“ Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines. ”
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