Note 242 — Chapter I · THE SOURCES OF THE PHILOSOPHY

i. 1. 17. In the Sig. Sig. ii. 2. 181, he is put forward as an example of the value of the life of solitude:—“Paracelsus, who glories more in the title of hermit than in that of doctor or master, became a leader and author among physicians, second to none”—a reference to the title of Eremita, which Paracelsus took, however, from his birthplace Einsiedeln, and to his well known and strongly expressed contempt for the learning of books.