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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Prima Epistola. Tit: Transmisit S. T. nudius tertius argumentum aliquod Syllogisticum Medico nostro D. R. opponendum, ex re Physica de Luce, an sit Substantia vel Accidens? desumptum hoc modo: Quicquid per Verbum DEI creatum est, est Substantia. Atqui Lux per Verb. DEI est creata. E. Lux est Substantia.

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

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First Letter Sir, The day before yesterday you sent a syllogistic argument to be put to our physician, R., drawn from the question in natural philosophy whether light is a substance or an accident. It takes this form: Whatever is created through the Word of God is a substance. But light is created through the Word of God. Therefore light is a substance.

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.