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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 10: Requirements for the Art

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190–191

Von welchen und andern Calumniatorn noch mehrers zu reden / insonderheit aber dem sonst berühmten Historico Zeillero, der den Theophrastum in specie dißfalls nicht wenig angreiffet / zu begegnen wäre. Dieweil aber das zu Saltzburg ihme Theophrasto zu Ehren auffgerichtete Epitaphium ein anders zu erkennen gibt / als darinn under andern folgende formalien enthalten: Conditur hic Philippus Theophrastus insignis Medicinæ Doctor, qui dira illa vulnera Lepram, Podagram, Hydropysin, aliaque insanabilia corporis contagia mirifica arte sustulit &c. Deßgleichen offterwehnter berühmte Theologus Johann Arnd selbst / Ihne den vortrefflichen Teutschen Philosophum nennet: So lasse ichs auff dißmahl hiebey bewenden.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 10: Requirements for the Art

190–191

There would be more to say about these and other slanderers. In particular, one might answer the otherwise celebrated historian Zeiller, who attacks Theophrastus sharply on this point. But the epitaph erected in his honour at Salzburg gives a different account. It includes these words: “Here lies Philippus Theophrastus, a distinguished doctor of medicine, who by his wonderful art removed those grievous afflictions, leprosy, gout, dropsy, and other incurable diseases of the body,” and so forth. Moreover, the celebrated theologian Johann Arndt, so often mentioned, himself calls him the excellent German philosopher. For the present, then, I shall leave the matter here.

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About This Reading Edition

An anonymous Hermetic treatise of 1680, presented in its original German and Latin with a new English translation, 279 explanatory notes, the historical phoenix frontispiece, an introduction, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and original registers.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Candida Phoenix philosophica. Frankfurt am Main: Christian Hermsdorff, 1680. The chosen witness is the Wellcome Library copy digitized as b32993456; German and Latin, with French, Greek, and Hebrew passages retained.

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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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The 1680 source is identified as public domain by the Wellcome/Internet Archive record. The supplied 2026 transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. The frontispiece is retained from the supplied edition and credited to its historical witness.