QUOTE OF THE DAY - Paracelsus on health and knowledge - The true meaning of "doctor"
"The universities do not teach all things ... so a doctor must seek out old wives, gypsies, sorcerers, wandering tribes, old robbers, and such outlaws and take lessons from them. A doctor must be a traveler . . . Knowledge is experience."
~ Paracelsus
Art credit: Albrecht Dürer, "Jesus among the Doctors" 1506
A university degree doesnt necessarily make one a doctor. The origin of the word doctor was to denote one who teaches, so you see, anyone can be a doctor in the true sense of the word. It wasnt until hundreds of years later in the 1700s that it was made formal for masters in the medical field.
With love,
Doc
There exists no badge more valuable than the experience of gaining wisdom. Thank you for spreading your positive vibrations.
Paracelsus seems to have been a very practical philosopher. I am no doctor but do know that only university education got me nowhere in my chosen profession of engineering either. Thanks for sharing this nugget of wisdom. Upvoted and followed.
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In the beginning, the sorcerers were the doctors! It took them far longer to evolve into real healers than for engineers, artists, and mathematicians to mature. We're fortunate they finally made it!
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Now the doctor is internet🙂
Very true. Thanks for sharing.
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