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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part I — Theorem VII

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Allermassen und so viel das dritte obangeführte Argument, nemblich communem opinionem anbelangt / solche alhier / und zwar weder in einem noch dem andern statt finden mag / anerwogen / uns in gantzer H. Schrifft an keinem Ort gebotten wird / daß wir derselben allezeit inhæriren / und Beyfall geben müssen / sondern und wie GOtt der HERR dem Moysi (Exod.23.cap.) befihlet: Du solt nicht folgen der Menge zum Bösen &c. Also warnet auch der grosse Heyden-Lehrer Paulus: Daß wir alles prüfen / und was gut ist behalten sollen. Et notum quoque est illud vulgare: Errantium multitudo, errori non parit patrocinium.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part I — Theorem VII

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As for the third argument raised above, namely common opinion, it can prevail here in neither case. Nowhere in the whole of Holy Scripture are we commanded always to adhere and assent to it. Rather, God the Lord commands Moses in Exodus 23: “You shall not follow the multitude to do evil,” and so forth. Likewise Paul, the great teacher of the Gentiles, admonishes us to test everything and retain what is good. The familiar saying is also well known: “A multitude of people in error affords no defence to error.”

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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.