Alchemy
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title:
Alchemy
text:
Alchemy is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first attested in a number of pseudepigraphical texts written in Greco-Roman Egypt during the first few centuries AD. Greek-speaking alchemists often referred to their craft as “the Art” (τέχνη) or “Knowledge” (ἐπιστήμη), and it was often characterised as mystic (μυστική), sacred (ἱɛρά), or
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description:
Branch of ancient protoscientific natural philosophy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy
date created:
2001-11-06T21:33:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T23:38:11Z
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