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revolt" Through his aptitude for graphic language he
bitterly and o-ogiaaiicalty aitacked his opponeilis, often
becoming as guiliy as tÌrey l'\rere of che very things he
disdained" His conterrtporari-es referred to hirn e.s rhe
TTrir,ia-ldesel von Einsiedelnrt, lIGoldkochtt, lrf,andstreicherÎr,
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trgrobe SchweizerkuhïT, lrTeufelsbändlerïi and gave hi¡n
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ihe obscene su-rnaae of trCacophrastu.stt n '- o Invective
r¡¡^ô ncrf nf l-he strlrc"c'l e- and PafaCelSUS COUId fnaiClf even
Wd,Þ yd.r L, \,r¿ v¡¡s Ð ur uóórv, c
tha ullrE; stron.:rest Ð vI ur¿aç u v nf' v¡ hi ¡r4 e c nnnonqrlf vplJvr¡\ g SU-Ch A-S 1^Ihen he WfOte
against Nhe institu.tion of the Ohurch by comparing LuLher
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and the Pope to ii,vo rvhores l¡,Irangling over chastÍt,y. -'
'I'he r'amous passage fron his ìoreface to Paraqranum d.is-
plays his expansive ebullience arrd self-assurance to Lhe
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tÌ:\vicenna, Galen, Rasis, jitontagnana¡ Ìiiesue, -and
oihers, a-füer me and not I aÏ.'ter-)'ou! Ye of
Farisr ye of ivÌonr"pellier, ye ol- Srvabiar {e of
Iuieissðn, ye of Cologne, ye of Vienna, and- those -
rtrho cl-weil on the Danube and the Rhiner Ye islands
on the sea, ühou Italy, 'i;hou- Dalinabia, thou
Sarmaii-a, thou Athensr Ye Greeksr Ye ¿rabs, -y-e
Israelitôs, a-fter ne, anci nor, I after you! -Even
in the remoçest corner tl:.ere r'sill be none of you
on r,vhotn the ciogs r,r'ill not piss. But I shall be
monarch and rnine the monarchy, ?Fd I shall Lead
the monarchy; gird Your }oinsl ¿4"
Alt the universities and. all the old vrriteEs put
iogether are less talented 'Lhan my a'. "Tt ¿2'
.{t cou.nterbalance to these ou-tbursts is that
Paracelsus lvas a rnAn in the siate Of constani rTbecomingl?.
Lie v¿as a rnan r¡hose moüiva-tion was conoitioned by the