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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Porrò autem S. T. argumentum hoc opponitur: Quicquid inhæret corpori, illud est Accidens. Lux inhæret corpori. E. Lux est Accidens. Vel hoc modo: O. Substantia per se subsistit. Lux per se non subsistit. E. Lux non est Substantia.

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

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Further, I oppose to your argument the following: Whatever inheres in a body is an accident. Light inheres in a body. Therefore light is an accident. Or in this form: Every substance subsists of itself. Light does not subsist of itself. Therefore light is not 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.