Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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German & Latin

75–76

Hingegen und dieweil die particular-Naturen / λόγῳ προφορικῷ, wie mehrmahls angezeigt und erklärt worden / geschaffen / und demnach auch eine jede nur ihre angeschaffene particular-Krafft hat; So folgt gleichfalls unwidersprechlich: Daß solches auß deren keiner / und zwar auch so wenig allen ins gesammt / als auß einer allein geschehen könne. Sintemahln das axioma qualis causa, talis effectus. Deßgleichen der Spruch Ristii: Ein jeder Anfang muß von seinem Ende / und ein jedes Ende von seinem Anfang zeugen / waar und beständig bleibet.

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

75–76

By contrast, the particular natures were created through the uttered Logos, as has often been shown and explained. Each therefore possesses only its own created particular power. It follows indisputably that none of them can accomplish this, whether all together or one alone. The axiom remains true and firm: as the cause is, so is the effect. So too does Ristius’s saying: “Every beginning must bear witness to its end, and every end to its beginning.”

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.

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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.