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lvtu o
äavj-ng begun his stru-3gle as â. iilâi1
e:{gerience "
deterinined to becone tIThe greaüest and rnosi glorious
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rnå-n or'L earthtr i"tne a.ctra-ction oi- .Llnotr'Iedge and- ootter
subsid-es into a controlled balance beir"¡een love and
understandiiig. I'il:renever he feI't inclined i,o negai:e
his lrorld-, ihis action found- iis jus|ific¿tLion a.s the
only positive ap1;roa-ch v¡hich he could Ërasp" iiore
effective inan arguments, he felt, \¡,ras the bold denj-al
of d-ogna-s v'rhich had become sa.nctj,fie d b5i tiiae. Hence
in ¡rc'¡¡ningls version as welL, he could. burn the books
of -+viccntrê. ånd cast as;oersioils ulloil t,ire peddlars of
pedantry. iri3oLcily clenytt f7 beca,rre l:is watch-r^¡ord.
l{o nabter holu positive the itrtenbion, negation
and denial cirew rellerctrssions in iheir r¡va-l,e; Paracels"ursl
plans becarne l¿alceshiÍ'u and. had to be aojustcd arrd re-
evalu-acecl in bhe light oí nev"' experience. This clash of
values and aspiraiions, of success ai'rd- faili-lre, ma::Lts
Rrnr¿nincris nclenl as a proponerri of the Paracelsus--thelne
!a vrr¡¡¿¡¿b
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in its wicrest sense, for constani rbecoroingr is fhe
críterion for a human perfecbion lvhich does not eird
even u¡iÈir ùÏre a'l;tainmeni of the GoC-head" These were
incl-eed the word-s of Bror,rningrs Para.celsus, yet althou.gh
tney r.rere overtly rnoiivated by egotisin, they gave the
lie .Uo d-eeper eleräents l¡hicir 1¡iere ;oa.rt of his nature