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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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Juxta hæc, ut ad formam Syllogisticam quoque respondeam, concedo quidem Majorem Syllogismi prioris R. V. nec non posterioris (quamvis magis Logicè, quam Physicè subsistere videantur) Econtra autem nego tam prioris, quam Syllogismi posterioris Minores: Etenim contrarium nim. lucem corpori nulli inhærere, sed in & per se subsistere Job. c. 38. v. 19. probatur, ibi enim: Ubinam est via in quâ lux habitat, & tenebrarum ubi locus? Unde sic subsumo: Quicquid non inhæret corpori non est Accidens. Lux non inhæret corpori. E. Lux non est Accidens.

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

211–212

To answer also as to syllogistic form, I grant the major premise of both your first and your second syllogism, although they seem to hold more in logic than in natural philosophy. But I deny the minor premises of both. The contrary—that light inheres in no body but subsists in and through itself—is proved by Job 38:19: “Where is the way in which light dwells, and where is the place of darkness?” From this I argue: Whatever does not inhere in a body is not an accident. Light does not inhere in a body. Therefore light is not an accident.

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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.