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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Dahero und in Ermanglung solcher Erkantnuß / die Philosophi auch noch in vielen Stücken nichts gewisses erfinden können / sondern vielmehr / und in deme sie stets neue Principia zu ersinnen sich understehen / von einem Irrthumb in den andern gerathen.

Wann man die Natur jederzeit mehrers erkennt hätte / so wäre man in Medicina offtmahls mit præparirung der Medicin und Artzney / zu des Nächsten und nothleidenden Patienten bessern Nutzen / anders verfahren.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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For want of such understanding, philosophers still cannot discover anything certain in many matters. Instead, as they continually undertake to devise new principles, they pass from one error into another.

Had nature always been better understood, medicine would often have proceeded differently in preparing remedies, to the greater benefit of one’s neighbour and the suffering patient.

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.