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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VI

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Welches dann sonderlich der Gelehrten Streit de principiis & principiatis, und anders dergleichen mehr / leichtlich erörtern könte / da sie nur der Warheit beypflichten wolten; Worvon jedoch auff dißmahl genug / und hingegen in meinem proposito fortzufahren; So ist das Regenwasser nochmahln ein künstlich Ding / ratione formæ & qualitatis. Anerwogen es einen Leib hat / und doch derselbe nicht / sondern allein der Glantz gesehen wird. Wie es dann auch Dünn / zart / durchsichtig. Inmassen der Augenschein selbst mit sich bringt / in deme man ja sonsten etlich Klaffter tieff hinein in das Wasser sehen kan.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VI

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This could readily resolve the learned dispute about principles and things derived from principles, and other similar questions, if only scholars would assent to the truth. But enough of this for the present; let me continue with my purpose. Rainwater is also an artfully made thing in respect of form and quality: it has a body, yet that body itself is not seen, only its lustre. It is also Thin, subtle, transparent. Sight itself confirms this, since one can otherwise see several fathoms deep into water.

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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.