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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 2: The Three Philosophical Principles

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German & Latin

84–85

Das Andere Capitel. Von den dreyen Philosophischen Principiis.

Demnach wir die Natur in vorhergehendem Capitel von aussen betrachtet: Als folgt nunmehr billich / daß wir solche auch von innen betrachten. Derowegen / und wie wir die Natur vorhero beschrieben / daß sie eines jeden sichtbaren Geschöpffs Substanz und Wesen: Also wollen wir anjetzo anzeigen / was sothanes Wesen sey / und worinnen dasselbe bestehe? Jetzt- und mehrberührtes Wesen aber ist nichts anders / oder bestehet in nichts anders / als in den dreyen Philosophischen Principien.

84–85

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 2: The Three Philosophical Principles

84–85

Chapter Two. The three philosophical principles.

Having considered nature from outside in the preceding chapter, we should now consider it from within. We previously described nature as the substance and essence of each visible creature. We shall now show what that essence is and in what it consists. It is nothing other than, or consists in nothing other than, the three philosophical principles.

84–85

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.