Paracelsus and the Light of Nature - Natura Sophia. Paracelsus abstract from Vitalism, the History of Homeopathy, Herbalism and Flower Essences, by Matthew Wood (Berkeley, Ca.: North Atlantic Press, 2004).
For twenty centuries, the humoral medicine of Greek and Arabic physicians dominated medical practice in the Western world. The body was thought to consist of four "humors" which mixed together in the correct proportion to create health. Logos (est. 1995): Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Quotation Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.
Books. Leonardo Da Vinci Paintings, Inventions and his complete Biography! Main Gallery. The original "Renaissance Man", Leonardo da Vinci was a great painter, designer, scientist, futurist and thinker.
His works are even more popular now than they were in his day. View one of the wings of the gallery: East Wing: Oil Paintings including "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper".West Wing: Engineering and Futuristic Designs, including fantastic weapons and several flying machines.North Wing: Drawings and Sketches, including illustrations, anatomical sketches and unfinished works.South Wing: Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci, a historical exhibit.Go back to the start. This exhibit was brought to you as a public service by Jim Pickrell of Leonardo Internet. Tesla. Manly P. Hall.