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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Im übrigen die Jurisprudenz anbelangend / sintemahln dieselbe von den mehrern für keine Scienz gehalten wird; Gestalten die Frantzosen zu sagen pflegen: La Jurisprudence est plus-tost une memoire, qu’une Science. Solche auch hiehero gantz nicht gehörig ist; So lasse ich sie an ihren Ort gestellt seyn; wiewohl sonsten auch etwas dabey zu sagen wäre.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

58–59

As for jurisprudence, most people do not regard it as a science. As the French are accustomed to say, “Jurisprudence is a matter of memory rather than a science.” Since it has no place here, I leave it in its own domain, although something might also be said about it.

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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.