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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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Dahingegen / und wann man beedes / und so wohl speculative und theoreticè die causas rerum zu betrachten / und dieselbe auff ihren rechten Ursprung zurück zu führen (welches der Weltberühmte Andreas Kellæus recht / und weißlich philosophiren heisset) als auch eines und das andere practicè in seine principia zu zerlegen weiß / so wird man viel anders von der Sache judiciren.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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If, by contrast, one knows both how to consider the causes of things speculatively and theoretically and trace them back to their true origin—what the world-renowned Andreas Kellæus calls philosophizing rightly and wisely—and how to resolve particular things practically into their principles, one will judge the matter very differently.

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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.