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Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light
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220Sequitur ergo lucem tam physicè (nam ea quæ per absolutum Verbum & Decretum: Fiat! creata sunt, puras substantias esse, nemo inficias ibit, secus autem quæ per Verbum & Decretum: exempli gratia: Producat terra &c. creata sunt) quam Theosophicè, nedum logicè, ut supra demonstratum, Substantiam esse.
Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light
220It follows that light is a substance in natural philosophy and in theosophy, not merely in logic, as demonstrated above. For no one will deny that things created through the absolute Word and decree “Let there be” are pure substances. The case differs with things created through such a word and decree as “Let the earth bring forth.”
Socrates
Reading Candida Phoenix Philosophica · Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light · II.220.1 · Source p. 220
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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.
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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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