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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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209–210

Rem ut ipsam adgrediar, primùm & quidem brevissimè respondebo ad objectionem contra Syllogismi mei prioris Majorem prolatam, quam V. R. particularem esse putat, quia accidentia etiam à DEO sunt creata, exemplum Imaginis DEI in homine adducendo (ut ipsius formalibus utar) concreatæ, quod autem non sequitur, cum minimè dici possit, accidentia esse creata, nisi respectivè, nec non distinguendum sit inter creata & concreata, & sic à diversis malè fiat illatio. Tacebo quod controversia illa de imagine DEI nondum sit decisa.

209–210

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

209–210

To address the matter itself, I shall first answer very briefly your objection to the major premise of my earlier syllogism. You consider it only particular, since accidents too are created by God, and adduce the example of God’s image “created together with man,” to use your own words. But this does not follow. Accidents can be said to be created only in a relative sense. We must distinguish things created from things created together with something else; an inference drawn indiscriminately from these different classes is unsound. I shall say nothing of the fact that the controversy about the image of God has not yet been settled.

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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.