Alchemy, ancient and modern . cq. o < 3 To face page 38 J CHAPTER III THE ALCHEMISTS1 (a. before paracelsus) § 29. Having now considered the chief points inthe theory of Physical Alchemy, we must turn our attention to the lives and individualTriSSos. teachings of the alchemists themselves. The first name which is found in thehistory of Alchemy is that of Hermes have already mentioned the high esteemin which the works ascribed to this personage 1 It is perhaps advisable to mention here that the lives of thealchemists, for the most part, are enveloped in considerableobscurity,
Alchemy, ancient and modern . cq. o < 3 To face page 38 J CHAPTER III THE ALCHEMISTS1 (a. before paracelsus) § 29. Having now considered the chief points inthe theory of Physical Alchemy, we must turn our attention to the lives and individualTriSSos. teachings of the alchemists themselves. The first name which is found in thehistory of Alchemy is that of Hermes have already mentioned the high esteemin which the works ascribed to this personage 1 It is perhaps advisable to mention here that the lives of thealchemists, for the most part, are enveloped in considerableobscurity, and many points in connection therewith are in authorities we have followed will be found, as a rule, specific-ally mentioned in what follows; but we may here acknowledge ourgeneral indebtedness to the following works, though, as the readerwill observe, many others have been consulted as well: ThomasThomsons The ? History of Chemistry\ Meyers A History ofChemistry, the anonymous Lives of AlchemysticalPhilosophers
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