GANTENBEIN, Urs Leo
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The Zurich Paracelsus Project. General editor: Urs Leo Gantenbein. Digital Edition.Zürich: University of Zürich, 2008.A digital edition from the Center for Medieval Studies Zurich: "Who can be himself, shall not belong to someone else." "This was the motto of Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim (1493-1541), generally known as Paracelsus. This pen name might refer to someone exceeding the Roman physician Celsus, or is simply a Latinization of the family name "Hohenheim", the one living at a high place. "His life as a physician and radical reformed theologian was one of restless wanderings, never staying at the same place for a long time. Nevertheless and almost unbelievably, in this constant state of inquietude, Paracelsus found time to produce a vast written work, summing up to thirty volumes after its complete edition. "In this way, Paracelsus belongs to the most active German language writers in the early modern period, second only to Martin Luther in extensiveness. His writings cover a wide range including medicine, surgery, natural philosophy, alchemy, astrology, reformed theology and even prophecy and magic." The Zurich Paracelsus Project"The Scope of Paracelsus Studies "The Swiss physician, natural philosopher, alchemist, and radical theologian Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim, called Paracelsus (1493-1541), belongs to the most well known figures in Renaissance history. The systematic research regarding his collected works is still rather neglected. Paracelsus's writings cover a vast range including medicine, surgery, natural philosophy, alchemy, astronomy, natural magic, and reformation theology. The scholarly focus of the last decades was rather on Paracelsus's influence on the development of the sciences than on the very origins: his life and works. For example a whole quarter of his extensive theological oeuvre was never printed in spite of his fame. The situation looks hardly better for the printed medical and philosophical writings. For the most part they lack a scholarly edition which includes a critical apparatus and specific comments. "The Zurich Paracelsus Project and the New Paracelsus Edition were founded to meet these editorial requirements. The main objectives of the Paracelsus project are the completion of the edition of the works and the indexing of the content by means of a general index and a database. Research Objectives
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