Candida Phoenix Philosophica

Name: Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Author: Anonymous

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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Das Dreyzehende Capitel. Hujus Capituli locô duas epistolas inserere libuit sequentes, una nimirum Responsoria, altera Refutatoria, quæstionem de Luce an sit Accidens vel Substantia? tractantes, tum ob quæstionem hanc ipsam, tum quod hujus, epistolæ scil. posterioris, in antecedentis quæstionis tractatione mentio sit facta, tum etiam, quia alia plura nostrum institutum tangentia, maximè autem, quid per substantiam in hoc Tractatulo intellectum velim, in eâdem contineatur.

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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Chapter Thirteen In place of this chapter I have chosen to insert the following two letters, one a response and the other a refutation, concerning the question whether light is an accident or a substance. I include them for the question’s own sake; because the second letter has been mentioned in discussing the preceding question; and because it contains several other matters bearing on my undertaking, especially what I intend by “substance” in this little treatise.

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.