Aristotle's Theory of Matter

i suggests that the new chemistry and medicine of paracelsus might be explained by the imes in which he lived. The aristotelian world view was dissolving, but not with the sudden fury of a body thrust into pure sulphuric acid. Scientists around the turn of the seventeenth century preferred to offer more moderate solutions. i'll explain why once i've taken you through the spread of protestantism to the low countries and the impact it had on philosophy in that region.