Paul of Taranto to recreate the same metal that he started with, he obviously did not break the metal down into the pure elements, but instead into some intermediate phases. Paul of Taranto Paul of Taranto was a 13th-century Franciscan alchemist and author from southern Italy. (Taranto is a city in Apulia.) Perhaps the best known of his works is his "Theorica et practica", which defends alchemical principles by describing the theoretical and practical reasoning behind it. There is also evidence to suggest, however, that Paul is also the author of the much more widely known alchemical text "Summa perfectionis magisterii", generally attributed
In a Good Cause— their statues, they will build none for me." Asimov said that although stories usually depict their authors' opinions, "this particular story ... doesn't quite reflect my own feelings. Groff Conklin ... once said that he liked this story, even though he disagreed with its philosophy, and to my embarrassment, I find that that is exactly how I myself feel". In a Good Cause— "In a Good Cause—" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in a 1951 edition of the anthology "New Tales of Space and Time" and was reprinted in the collection "Nightfall