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Robert Fludd

<p ><b>Robert Fludd</b>, also known as&nbsp;<b>Robertus de Fluctibus</b>&nbsp;(17 January 1574 – 8 September 1637), was a prominent English&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus" title="Paracelsus" >Paracelsian</a>&nbsp;physician. He is remembered as an&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrologer" title="Astrologer" >astrologer</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematician" title="Mathematician" >mathematician</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmologist" title="Cosmologist" class="mw-redirect" >cosmologist</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah" title="Hermetic Qabalah" >Qabalist</a>&nbsp;and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosicrucianism" title="Rosicrucianism" >Rosicrucian</a>&nbsp;apologist.

Fludd is best known for his compilations in occult philosophy. He had a celebrated exchange of views with&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler" title="Johannes Kepler" >Johannes Kepler</a>&nbsp;concerning the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method" title="Scientific method" >scientific</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism" title="Hermeticism" >hermetic</a>&nbsp;approaches to knowledge.<sup id="cite_ref-Dialogue_Talk_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fludd#cite_note-Dialogue_Talk-1" >[1</a></sup>

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