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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VI

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Wormit ich jedoch die Philosophos Aristotelicos, welche meines wissens das contrarium zu statuiren pflegen / nicht zu offendiren / noch mich mit ihnen deßhalben in einen Streit einzulassen begehre / sondern ich will verhoffen / sie werden sich von selbsten erinnern / daß wann ihre gebrandte Wasser / in denen Apothecken / ein wenig veraltet / und den Geschmack / Geruch und Farb verlohren / ihnen davon nichts / weder ein Phlegma (welches nichts desto minder denen armen Patienten manchmahl noch für eine Artzney dienen soll) überbleibt. Gleichwie auch von einem Apffel / der durch die Fäulung den Geruch / Geschmack / und die Farb verlohren / nichts mehr / dann ein Excrementum übrig ist.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VI

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I do not, however, wish to offend the Aristotelian philosophers, who, to my knowledge, commonly maintain the contrary, or enter into a dispute with them about it. I hope they will remember for themselves that when the distilled waters in their apothecaries’ shops have grown somewhat old and lost their taste, smell, and colour, nothing remains but phlegm—which, nevertheless, must sometimes still serve poor patients as medicine. Likewise, when an apple has lost its smell, taste, and colour through decay, nothing remains but waste.

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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.

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.