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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Und dißfalls ferner einige Exempel in specie beyzubringen / so ist mir von dreyen underschiedlichen Personen bewust / deren der eine mir nahe verwandt / der andere seiner Meynung und dem Ruff nach / ein guter Philosophus, und der Dritte erwehnter Medicus gewesen / daß sie alle drey lange Zeit also vergeblich laborirt haben;

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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To offer some particular examples, I know of three different persons who laboured fruitlessly in this manner for a long time. One was a close relative of mine, another was considered and reputed to be a good philosopher, and the third was the physician already mentioned.

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.