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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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81–82

Pourtant ne se vente la gente, Et dise soubs ce mot notable, Toute chose fait son semblable. C’est mal dit, quant aux mineraux mais bien est vray des vegetaux, Et des sensitifs vrayement. Car ils prennent nourissement. Ils se sement & se plantent, les metaux jamais rien ne sentent. Et sont aussy grand an dernier. comme ils sont en leur an premier. Des Elements prennent leur Estre, par nature en l’Element terrestre.

81–82

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

81–82

Let people therefore not boast And repeat this notable saying: “Everything produces its like.” Of minerals this is wrongly said, Though truly of plants, And truly of creatures with sensation. For these take nourishment; They seed and plant themselves. Metals never feel anything, And are as great in their final year As they are in their first. They take their being from the elements, By nature, in the earthly element.

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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.