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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Conclusion

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German & Latin

239–240

Dann was Drittens das widerige Urtheil eines und andern Spötters anbelangend / sollen dieselbe wissen / daß ich mich bey dem jenigen / was ich hierinn geschrieben / jederzeit finden zu lassen / und dasselbe zu defendiren getraue; wie ich auch sagen darff / daß mir von dem barmhertzigen GOtt (deme darfür abermahl inniglich Danck gesagt seye) die Warheit verliehen und anvertrauet ist; Derowegen ich mich gleicher gestalt nicht gescheuet / meinen Nahmen / wofern mich nicht hinwiederumb andere Ursachen davon abgehalten / zu spendiren / umb sothanen Spöttern zu erweisen / daß ihnen ihr endlicher Vorwurff / dessen sie sich bedienen / wann sie sonsten gäntzlich convincirt seynd / in dem sie sagen: Es habe sich noch keiner gefunden / der hierinn etwas außgerichtet / ebenmässig fehlet.

239–240

Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Conclusion

239–240

Third, concerning the hostile judgment of scoffers, let them know that I am prepared at any time to stand by what I have written here and defend it. I may also say that merciful God—to whom I again give heartfelt thanks—has bestowed and entrusted truth to me. Had other reasons not restrained me, I would likewise have had no hesitation in giving my name, to show these scoffers that even their final objection fails: when otherwise wholly refuted, they say that no one has ever been found to accomplish anything in this art.

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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.