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fell sirort of sus'i;aining" ,Bu-t like Faracelsus,
¡chnitzler was perceOtive, u-ncl-erstancling, Ancì- cr:eatiVe;
he was not gluecl t,o a text-book in eiii:er art or
reciicine, bu-t foLIol¡ed his tivinS excerience and-
sensitivity for ihe inclivicual Fhysis a-nd lsycire'
tr. . . eirr scharfbliclceu'C.er, verstehenci klu'ger,
schöpferischer ð,azu-, der nici:i; a-ia Lehr'buch
Èf e¡t, sond.ern der. i;einer lebendigel i:irfahlrng
uncl sêj_ner "ìinpfinclung für individ-uelIe Physis
i-rncl PsYche folSt"tÌ ¿2
Thus a-lthor,r-gh Schnitzler ha.s resiric'bed his ini:eresf
in tlie chene to its íinest li-ini.lJs, bhe cÌrallenge of
the r:r]¡th has stili been ¿r,ccepted- on a persona.i ievel"
There r^ras a lParacelsian? spirit r'¡iõhin Ìiirn r,.¡hich
accorded- r,,¡ell with his a-rbistic design'
Thre plot of ParacqllgË is very siinple ' r'ri or'
to the opening of the play, Paracelsu-s irad. been a
pious stud.eni in ilasel who rvas d-eeply loved" by a
you.ng girl, and far i¡rore so thai-L he knew" After he
had. Ieft ì:he cit;' to "'raircìer chrough life the girl,
Justine, having su.ppressed- her secret love fo¡:
Faracelsus, married, a pharisaic smith (iraffenschryied) '
She gave him l:er love but noÛ her heari oT soul" The
cur"cain ri-ses On the return of f-'aracelsu-s ¿-S A- famous
coctor and in¡oi:d-er-healer. TÌre corlÍ"lici rvhich is
precipita'tecÌ- asseri,s itself beit'¡een Paracelsus and.