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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Item was Er ferner mit Tertulliano sagt: Wer hat die Warheit ohne GOtt erkennt? Wer hat Gott ohne Christum erkennt: Niemand. Deme ich abermahl dieses addire: Wer hat Christum ohne Gottes Wort und die H. Schrifft erkennt?

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Again, as he says with Tertullian: “Who has known truth without God? Who has known God without Christ? Nobody.” To this I add: who has known Christ without God’s Word and Holy Scripture?

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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.