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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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215–216

Nam supradictô locô Job. c. 38. Lucis motio & localitas datur, quæ circumstantiæ secundum modò dicta principia Substantiam præsupponunt. Et si lux vel dies in Sole consisteret, ut V. R. cum suo Authore opinatur, quomodo Sol ipsi præesse possit: Si in Stellis, nox non esset nox, nec nox & dies essent divisæ: Si autem in quovis alio corpore Lux subsisteret, omnia illa corpora nocte æque ac ipsâ die sine candelâ videre possemus.

215–216

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

215–216

For in the passage already cited from Job 38, motion and locality are ascribed to light, circumstances that presuppose substance according to the principles just stated. If light or day existed in the sun, as you and your authority suppose, how could the sun rule over it? If it existed in the stars, night would not be night, and night and day would not be separated. If light subsisted in any other body, we could see all such bodies by night just as well as by day, without a candle.

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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.