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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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Siquidem quoad primum, Ignis ipse absque Subjecto suo esse & nequidem imaginationem incurrere potest, attestante Dn. de Nuysement Hermeticorum Philosophorum ingeniosissimo, prout etiam experientiâ demonstrari potest (quare etiam sequitur, aut ignem non esse Substantiam, aut V. R. argumenta non esse simpliciter vera:) Absurdum autem est, quod illud ipsum, quod absque Subjecto esse nequit, alterius debeat esse Subjectum.

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

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As to the first point, fire itself can neither exist nor even be conceived without its own subject, as de Nuysement, that most ingenious Hermetic philosopher, attests; experience too can demonstrate it. Thus either fire is not a substance, or your arguments are not unconditionally true. It is absurd that something which cannot exist without a subject should itself be the subject of something else.

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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.