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Paracelsus Quotes on Virtue

Theophrastus von Hohenheim, who took the Latinized name Paracelsus, was a Swiss-German physician, alchemist, and natural philosopher and one of the principal figures in the early-modern revolt against Galenic medicine. This page collects quotes attributed to Paracelsus on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Paracelsus:

    “Nature is the great teacher; the physician is her translator.”

  • Attributed to Paracelsus:

    “He who would heal must first know himself.”

  • Attributed to Paracelsus:

    “Medicine is not only science but also wisdom and love.”

  • Attributed to Paracelsus:

    “What the eye sees not and the heart loves not, the head will not labor for.”