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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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German & Latin

174–175

Derowegen Drittens / und so wenig gelaugnet werden kan / daß Himmel und Erden dem Menschen zu gutem geschaffen / und zu gutem kommen / eben so wenig kan auch gelaugnet werden / daß das Wasser ober dem Himmel demselben zu gutem erschaffen seye / und zu gutem komme. In gleichmässiger Erwegung / wie ebenfalls oberwehnt / die gantze Natur an einander hanget / und je eines in das andere seine Influenz und Würckung hat: Und gleich wie derohalben eines dem Menschen zu gutem geschaffen worden / und zu gutem kommet / also und per consequens muß auch das andere demselben zu gutem geschaffen seyn / und zu gutem kommen.

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

174–175

Third, therefore, just as it cannot be denied that heaven and earth were created for humanity’s benefit and do benefit it, neither can it be denied that the water above heaven was created for humanity’s benefit and does benefit it. As already stated, all nature hangs together, and each thing exercises its influence and effect upon another. Since one thing was created to benefit humanity and does so, it follows that the other too must have been created for that benefit and must provide it.

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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.