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Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject
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133–134Dahero und weiln die Philosophi solche und zwar / wie abermahl obberührt / aller und jeder Metallen auß dem Wasser und den Elementen bestehende Entspringung: Ingleichem erforschet / daß selbige allein perfectione & imperfectione differiren / demnechst auch wahrgenommen / daß sonderlich das Gold in der Erden gar langsam zu seiner Zeitigung gelangt; Als seynd dieselbe dahin bedacht gewesen / auff daß sie es durch die Kunst befördren möchten.
Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject
133–134The philosophers accordingly investigated this generation of every metal from water and the elements. They likewise discovered that the metals differ only in perfection and imperfection, and observed that gold in particular reaches its maturity in the earth very slowly. They therefore considered how they might advance that maturation through art.
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Reading Candida Phoenix Philosophica · Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject · II.133.2 · Source p. 133–134
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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.
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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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