Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

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Deme keinen Abbruch thut / daß mehrbedeute Philosophi etwan inter terræ motum naturalem & supernaturalem distinguiren. Sintemahln mehrberührter Psalmist hierinn im geringsten nicht distinguiert, bevorab auch dißfalls keine causa subalterna zu finden / oder zu erweisen / und bemelter Philosophorum Natur / mehrerwehnter massen / nichts ist. Derowegen dieselbe im wenigsten hilfft / daß sie ihre opinion damit zu stabiliren vermeynen / weil an einem / und sonderlich denen jenigen Orten / wo es viel Schwefel gibt / mehr Erdbeben weder am andern sich ereignen:

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 3: Comets and Other Meteors

This is not weakened by the philosophers’ distinction between natural and supernatural earthquakes. The Psalmist makes no such distinction, nor can a subordinate cause be found or demonstrated in this matter; the philosophers’ nature, as repeatedly stated, is nothing. It therefore does not help them in the least to attempt to strengthen their opinion by observing that earthquakes occur more frequently in some places than others, especially where sulphur is abundant.

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.

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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.