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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Conclusion

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Worvon mich zwar billich abhalten mögen / Erstlich die Philosophische bekannte Warnung: So dann und zum andern der Welt Falschheit / Haß / Neid / Mißgunst / Ungerechtig- und Gottlosigkeit. Insonderheit aber Drittens / daß ich wohl erachten kan / was ein oder anderer Spötter vor ein Urtheil hiervon fällen wird; Wie auch viertens die jenige / welche meine Arbeit an sich selbst sich gefallen lassen / gleichwohl darmit umb dieser Ursachen willen nicht zu frieden seyn werden / in deme ich die operationes nur generaliter, und nicht alle und jede Handgriff in specie vermeldet und angezeigt.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Conclusion

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Several things might rightly have deterred me: first, the familiar warning of the philosophers; second, the world’s falsehood, hatred, envy, ill will, injustice, and godlessness; third, my awareness of the judgment one scoffer or another will pass; and fourth, that even those who approve of my work will be dissatisfied because I have described the operations only generally, without specifying every individual manipulation.

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

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.