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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem IV

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Insonderheit aber schreibt der Author des contra Glauberum außgangenen und Sudum Philosophicum intitulirten Tractats / recht und wohl: Das Philosophische Universal, wird nicht darumb also geheissen / als wann alle Dinge der Welt darzu dienen müsten / sondern dieweil in unserer Materia die Kräffte der gantzen Natur versamblet zu finden.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem IV

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In particular, the author of the treatise published against Glauber under the title Sudum Philosophicum writes rightly and well: “The philosophical universal is not so called because everything in the world must contribute to it, but because the powers of the whole of nature are found gathered together in our matter.”

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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.