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Cornelius Agrippa

Cornelius Agrippa. Born 14 September 1486(1486-09-14) Cologne, Germany Died 18 February 1535(1535-02-18) (aged 48) Grenoble, France Cause of death Unknown Occupation Magician, occult writer, theologan , astrologer, alchemist, physicial , legal expert and soldier. Paracelsus.

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Cornelius Agrippa

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  1. Cornelius Agrippa • Born • 14 September 1486(1486-09-14)Cologne, Germany • Died • 18 February 1535(1535-02-18) (aged 48)Grenoble, France • Cause of death • Unknown • Occupation • Magician, occult writer, theologan, astrologer, alchemist, physicial, legal expert and soldier

  2. Paracelsus

  3. Paracelsus • Born Philip von Hohenheim11 November 1493(1493-11-11) or17 December 1493(1493-12-17) • Died 24 September 1541(1541-09-24) (aged 47)Cause of death Unknown • Nationality Swiss, German (modern day Austria) • Other names Theophrastus von Hohenheim; PhillipusAreolus; Bombastus • Occupation Alchemist, Physicain, Astrologer, Scientist, Occultist

  4. Greek concept of Four Elements • According to Aristotle : • Water is primarily cold and secondarily wet. • Fire is primarily hot and secondarily dry. • Earth is primarily dry and secondarily cold. • Air is primarily wet and secondarily hot. • One classic diagram has one square inscribed in the other, with the corners of one being the classical elements, and the corners of the other being the properties. The opposite corner is the opposite of these properties, hot - cold and dry - wet. • These elements were used by Hippocrates in describing the human body with an association with the Four Humours: yellow bile (fire), black bile (earth), blood(air), and phlegm (water).

  5. Classical Elements

  6. Paracelsus pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. His views were that sickness and health in the body relied on the harmony of man (the microcosm) and Nature (macrocosm) • He took an approach different from those before him, using this analogy not in the manner of soul-purification but in the manner that humans must have certain balances of minerals in their bodies, and that certain illnesses of the body had chemical remedies that could cure them.

  7. According to this theory, the universe's macrocosm was represented in every person as a microcosm. • According to the insights at the time, there were Seven planets on the sky, Seven metals on Earth and Seven centers (or major organs) in Man — seven was a special number. • Everything was heavenly and closely interrelated.

  8. The Idea of Harmony Planet Metal Organ Sun Gold Heart Moon Silver Brain Jupiter Tin Liver Venus Copper Kidneys Saturn Lead Spleen Mars Iron Gall bladder Mercury Quicksilver Lungs

  9. Interesting facts: • Paracelsus pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. • He used the name "zink" for the element zinc in about 1526, based on the sharp pointed appearance of its crystals after smelting and the old German word "zinke" for pointed. • He used experimentation in learning about the human body. • Paracelsus was also responsible for the creation of laudanum, an opium tincture very common until the 19th century.

  10. Sir Isaac Newton

  11. Born: 4 January 1643(1643-01-04) England • March 1727(1727-03-31) (aged 84)Fields physics, mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy, alchemy, Christian theology • Institutions University of CambridgeKnown for Newtonian mechanicsUniversal gravitationInfinitesimal calculusOpticsBinomial seriesNewton's methodPhilosophiæNaturalis Principia Mathematica

  12. Philosopher’s Stone • lapis philosophorum) is a legendary alchemical substance, said to be capable of turning base metals, especially lead, into gold • was also sometimes believed to be an elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and possibly for achieving immortality • For a long time, it was the most sought-after goal in Western Alchemy, meditated upon by alchemists such as Sir Isaac Newton • the Stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection, enlightenment ,and heavenly bliss.

  13. The Elixir of Life (إكسير الحياة‎, ) • also known as the elixir of immortality is a legendary potion, or drink, that grants the drinker eternal life or eternal youth. • many practitioners of alchemy pursued it. • the elixir of life was also said to be able to create life.

  14. Galvanism • In biology, galvanism is the contraction of a muscle that is stimulated by an electric current. • In physics and chemistry, it is the induction of electrical current from a chemical reaction, typically between two chemicals with differing electro-negativities.

  15. Chimera • or Chimaera (Greek: Χίμαιρα, Khimaira, from χίμαρος, khimaros, "she-goat") was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing female creature composed of the parts of multiple animals: upon the body of a lioness, with a tail that ended in a snake’s head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her spine. • term chimera has also come to mean, more generally, an impossible or foolish fantasy, hard to believe.

  16. The Chimera on a red-figure plate ca 350-340 BCE (Musee du Louvre)

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