Paracelsan Philosophy - A Brief History

There was considerable support for paracelsan philosophy in france, where it was especially the protestant huguenots who adopted it. One of the staunchest opponents was andreus libavius, who believed that one could produce gold alchemically, but using old fashioned methods of mediaeval alchemy. A student named thomas moffett was forced to remove all trace of them from his writings before he could be granted a degree. Another critic was thomas erastus, a professor of son at heidelberg. And believe it or not, a work written in aleppo in about 16 forty by sal in salum showed knowledge of paracelsus