Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?

I don't see the contradiction here. He does not claim to have only learned from ordinary people, just that he wasn't ashamed to do so. And that quote says nothing at all about his origins, humble or not.

In general, I don't understand the point of this article. It feels like a hit piece, but to what end?

Also, it really shouldn't come as a surprise that he was an alchemist. He lived during the sixteenth century. The alchemist that would go on to formulate classical mechanics was born a century after Paracelsus' death.

The guy is clearly a fasion maven!!! I mean, look at that hat!

He seriously needs his own twerk tic channel! He's an influenza!