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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Candida Phoenix PhilosophicaPart II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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Part II — Chapter 13: The Controversy Over Light

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Qui errores, quamvis sciam, quod hisce S. T. non inhæreat, & assentiatur, debuissent ad absurdum ex parte deducere, ex parte autem universalitatem termini majoris destruere: Quod scil. non omne (universaliter) quod à DEO vel verbo creatum est, sit Substantia, ubi de uno controversiæ statu, scil. an Lux sit Substantia vel Accidens & qualitas? in alterum scil. de Imagine DEI non sit transgressus.

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

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Although I know that you neither hold nor assent to these errors, they should have served partly as a reduction to absurdity, and partly to overthrow the universality of the major term: not everything, without exception, created by God or by his Word is a substance. There has therefore been no shift from the question at issue—whether light is a substance or an accident and quality—to a different controversy concerning the image of God.

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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.