Peder Soerensen^[1] (1542-1602) was a Danish physician, and one of the most significant followers of Paracelsus. Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. ... This page is about the year. ... // Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December 1493 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland - 24 September 1541) was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. ...

His works include the major treatise Idea medicinae philosophicae (Ideal of Philosophical Medicine) from 1571, asserting the superiority of the ideas of Paracelsus to those of Galen.^[2] Scholars including Jole Shackelford and Hiro Hirai (Le concept de semences dans les théories de la matière à la Renaissance, 2005) have claimed that Soerensen was an important predecessor of both Johann Baptista von Helmont and Pierre Gassendi. Galen (Greek: Γαληνός, Galinos; Latin: Claudius Galenus; AD 129 – 200) of Pergamum was a prominent ancient Greek physician, whose theories dominated medical science for over 1300 years. ... Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 – October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity and for publishing the first official observations of the Transit of Mercury in 1631. ...

Reference

• Jole Shackelford (2004), A Philosophical Path for Paracelsian Medicine: The Ideas, Intellectual Context, and Influence of Petrus Severinus (1540-1602)

Notes

1. ^ Peder Sørensen, Peder Soerenssen, Petrus Severinus, Peter Severinus.
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