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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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Et cum in plantis cæterisque corporibus inferioribus malum corruptionis excrementis, ut dictum, adhæret, & non Substantiæ, ergo non secus in homine vitium corruptionis, peccatum scil. accidentali illi parti propriè ac præcipuè adhærere haud dubitari potest; Cui D. Paulus ipse suffragari videtur, dum dicit: scio quod in me, h. e. in carne mea, nihil habitat boni. Ubi per explicativam illam: hoc est, expressè vult innuere, peccatum in carne & homine terrestri habitare. In excrementitiâ carne habitare peccatum, inquam, siquidem semper firmum manet: Substantiam nullam contrarietatem in se recipere.

221–222

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

221–222

Since in plants and other lower bodies the evil of corruption attaches to the residues rather than to substance, there can be no doubt that in man too the corruption called sin attaches properly and principally to that accidental part. Paul himself seems to support this when he says, “I know that in me—that is, in my flesh—nothing good dwells.” By the explanatory phrase “that is,” he expressly indicates that sin dwells in the flesh and the earthly man. I say that sin dwells in the residual flesh, since it remains firmly established that substance admits no contrariety into itself.

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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.