Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 10: Requirements for the Art

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Das Zehende Capitel. Q. Was zu dieser Kunst hauptsächlich zu wissen nöthig sey und erfordert werde: Wie dasselbe zu erlangen / auch im übrigen ein Scrutator artis qualificirt und beschaffen seyn müsse?

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 10: Requirements for the Art

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Chapter Ten Question. What knowledge is chiefly necessary and required for this Art? How is it to be acquired, and what other qualifications and qualities must an investigator of the Art possess?

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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.