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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Welches alles dann umb so viel mehr statt hat / alldieweilen (fürs andere) Gottes Wort / wie es ewig / also auch unveränderlich: Als ist per consequens die Natur gleichfalls unveränderlich. Gestalten eine jede Natur ihre Ordnung in Gottes Wort so punctuel und unverbrüchlich hält / daß es mehr zu verwundern / als gnugsam außzusinnen und zu beschreiben. Und wann wir dessen kein ander Exempel hätten / so könten wir es doch an Tag und Nacht / an Sonn / Mond / und Sternen / und deren ordentlichen Lauff und Abwechselung / überflüssig abnehmen.

76–77

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

76–77

All this applies with still greater force because, second, God’s Word is unchangeable as well as eternal. Nature is consequently unchangeable too. Every nature maintains its order in God’s Word so precisely and inviolably that it is easier to marvel at than adequately conceive or describe it. Even if we had no other example, day and night, sun, moon and stars, with their regular courses and alternations, would show it abundantly.

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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.