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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 8: Philosophical Water

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172–173

Das Achte Capitel. Von dem Wasser ober dem Himmel.

Daß Wasser ober dem Himmel seyen / wird niemand der gesunder Vernunfft und ein Christ ist / also die H. Schrifft für waar hält / laugnen. Es lassen sich aber die Sophisten dieser Frag gelüsten. Nemblichen: Weil sonsten alles zu dem Ende geschaffen / daß es dem Menschen zu gutem kommen solle; und aber von dem Wasser ober dem Himmel (wie sie die Sophisten vorgeben) kein Tropffen herab / noch dem Menschen zu gutem komme: zu was Ende dann dasselbe geschaffen sey?

172–173

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 8: Philosophical Water

172–173

Chapter Eight. Of the water above heaven.

No person of sound reason who is a Christian, and therefore holds Holy Scripture to be true, will deny that waters exist above heaven. The sophists nevertheless take pleasure in asking this question: since everything else was created to benefit humanity, yet, as they assert, not a drop of the water above heaven comes down or benefits humanity, for what purpose was it created?

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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.

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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.