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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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German & Latin

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Derohalben die jenige noch mehrers irren / welche in sothanen particularien (erstbesagte mineralia und metalla keines wegs außgeschlossen) das so genannte semen Metallorum, und die Tincturam Physicam zu suchen / und zu finden vermeynen. In reyffer Erwegung und gleich wie oben im Ersten Theil authoritatibus & rationibus sufficientissimis, daß zu præparirung einer universal-Medicin ein für alle mahl auch eine universal-Materia gehörig / probirt: So dann und nicht weniger erinnert worden / was gestalten die Resolutio oder Reductio der particularien in primam materiam & principia universalia unmüglich sey;

80–81

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

80–81

Those who expect to seek and find the so-called seed of metals and the physical tincture in such particulars—including the minerals and metals just mentioned—therefore err still more. As was proved above in the first part by thoroughly sufficient authorities and reasons, preparing a universal medicine necessarily requires a universal matter. It was likewise explained that resolving or reducing particulars to first matter and universal principles is impossible.

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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.