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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Welches alles dann auß diesem bösen Principio hergeflossen / daß wann eine quæstio de re Physicâ vorgefallen / man jederzeit / wie auch noch geschiehet / alsobald über die Heydnische Authores geloffen / und dieselbe darinn consultirt, die H. Schrifft aber hindan gesetzt; Also dieser Heyden Gedicht / der jenigen Männer / so auß Eingebung des H. Geistes selbst von denen Geschöpffen und Wunderwercken Gottes geschrieben / warhafftiger Lehr und Underricht vorgezogen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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All this has flowed from the pernicious principle that, whenever a question concerning nature arose, people immediately ran—as they still do—to pagan authors and consulted them, setting Holy Scripture aside. They thus preferred the fictions of those pagans to the truthful teaching and instruction of men who, inspired by the Holy Spirit himself, wrote about God’s creatures and wondrous works.

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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.