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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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Errore autem hoc fotô & pro ratô habitô, facillimè concludi posse scribebam, quod & illud, quod in locum imaginis post lapsum cessit, esset Substantia, id quod peccatum, quæ opinio Flaccianorum: Quicquid in homine est, est Substantia. Peccatum est in homine. E. Peccatum est Substantia.

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

204–205

If this error were encouraged and accepted, I wrote, one could readily conclude that what took the place of the divine image after the Fall—namely sin—was also a substance. This is the opinion of the Flacians: Whatever is in man is a substance. Sin is in man. Therefore sin is a substance.

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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.

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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.