There are three points: First, The alchemist claimed the capacity of transmutation which means infinite treasures and various benefits that can satisfy private desires or realize social ideals; Second, the basis of alchemical theory, according with the scientific and philosophic ideas of this period, was recognized by the scholars; Third, the spiritual principles of alchemy can effect psychology of an alchemist so that the need of it might be satisfied.
炼金术的兴起有三方面的原因：首先，炼金术意味着无限的财富，意味着各种物质利益，它能满足个人欲望，也能实现社会理想；其次，炼金术的理论基础以这一时期的科学和哲学思想为依据，得到了学者们的基本认可；炼金术的精神原则对炼金术士发生作用，满足了他们的心理需求。
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N-COUNT An alchemist was a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold. 炼金术士
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