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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Original Subject Index

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German & Latin

unnumbered register pp. 12

Natur / ihre Zeit — 169. kan durch Kunst verbessert werden — 165. wie? — 77. der Heyden ist ein blosses Gedicht — 25. wer sie erkannt / hat den Hauptschlüssel zu den vornehmsten Wissenschafften und grösten Geheimnüssen erfunden — 56 Natura servat sua jura — 8 Nympha Helmontii — 176 P. Peccatum accidentali hominis parti adhæret — 221 Philosophia ist ohne Gottes Wort nur Jeckerey / Narrenwerck und Unsinnigkeit — 73 Philosophus soll keine Unwarheit hervor bringen — 194. soll den / so Unwarheit vorbringet / anzeigen — ibid. Principia Philosophica was sie seyn — 85. seynd aus einem einigen Subjecto zu ziehen — 90 Privatio præsupponit habitum — 144 Probationes debent esse concludentes — 213

unnumbered register pp. 12

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Original Subject Index

unnumbered register pp. 12

Nature’s time — 169; can be improved by art — 165; how — 77; pagan Nature is a mere fiction — 25; whoever knows nature has found the chief key to the foremost sciences and greatest mysteries — 56 Nature preserves her laws — 8 Helmont’s nymph — 176 P. Sin adheres to the accidental part of the human being — 221 Without God’s Word, philosophy is mere foolery, folly, and senselessness — 73 A philosopher must utter no falsehood — 194; must expose whoever does so — ibid. Philosophical principles: what they are — 85; must be drawn from one single subject — 90 Privation presupposes possession — 144 Proofs must be conclusive — 213

unnumbered register pp. 12

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.