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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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Ut autem in prædictâ Schedula brevibus & quidem uno exemplo rem clariorem facerem, Speciem Accidentium adferebam, scil. Imaginem DEI in homine concreatam, quæ tamen essentiam non ingreditur, neque formam, neque materiam hominis, ut scil. tertiam Substantiæ causam, quæ in Naturâ non datur, non constituet; Ex quo exemplo elucescere poterat, quod major propositio scil. Si non omnia, quæ Verbo DEI creata sunt, sunt Substantiæ, esset particularis, ex quâ in prima figura certi nihil subsequi posset.

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

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To make the matter clearer in that note, briefly and by one example, I adduced a kind of accident: the image of God created together with man. It does not enter into man’s essence, neither his form nor his matter; it therefore does not constitute a third intrinsic cause of substance, for no such cause exists in Nature. This example could show that, if not everything created by God’s Word is a substance, the major premise would be only particular, and no certain conclusion could follow from it in the first figure.

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.