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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Conclusion

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238–239

Gestaltsam ich auch zu Gemüth gezogen / das Seufftzen vieler redlichen Medicorum, welche zu desto besserer Beobachtung ihres Berufs / dieser Medicin gerne nachtrachten wolten / falls ihnen zu Erkantnuß der materiæ verholffen werden möchte: Ingleichem daß nicht allein vorerwehnter massen die Natur / sondern auch Gottes Gesetz / so wohln unser HERR und Heyland Christus selbsten / uns die Liebe des Nächsten (ausser dem Glauben) vor allen andern Tugenden / auch mit theuerer Verheissung der Vergeltung seines himmlischen Vatters anbefihlet: Quapropter etiam malo cum D. Dienheim, indignos aliquot, unà cum iis qui digni sunt, hac fœlicitate perfrui, quam dignos omnes unà cum indignis fraudari.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Conclusion

238–239

I have also considered the sighs of many honest physicians who would gladly pursue this medicine to fulfil their calling better, if someone would help them recognize its matter. Moreover, not only nature, as explained above, but also God’s law and our Lord and Saviour Christ himself commend love of our neighbour above every virtue apart from faith, with the precious promise of recompense from his heavenly Father. Therefore, with Dr Dienheim, I would rather some unworthy people enjoy this blessing together with the worthy than that all the worthy should be deprived of it together with the unworthy.

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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.

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.