title: [From The character of nature and the reign of time by Paracelsus].
abstract: Based on the writings on philosophy of nature by Paracelsus, the depiction of his picture of the universe and man is tentatively deduced from his ideal of the 'light of nature'. Paracelsus uses traditional cosmology to isolate the latter from its rigid ordered structure and to interpret it as an order of processes. To this end he uses terms such as 'time' or 'timing' that not only explain human pathic states but also clarify the biochemical order of processes of all living matter. 'Nature' in the spirit of 'time' does not mean the static, completed creation but the dynamic imperative to man to transfigure himself and to transmutate an entire universe in conclusion. Finally the 'paths to the last days' resulting from the philosophy of 'nature and time' of Paracelsus expressing themselves in this vision of a 'transfiguration of the universe' and a 'glorification of the corpus' are touched.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schipperges
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Vom Wesen der Natur und vom Walten der Zeit bei Paracelsus.