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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Alldieweilen nun die Erkantnuß der Natur zu dieser / vor andern Wissenschafften nöthig ist; und ich dann oben / jedoch nur mit wenigem davon gedacht / dargegen gleichwohl Vertröstung gethan / daß solches in gegenwärtigem Andern Theil mit mehrerm solle aufgeführt werden; Als habe ich demselben alhier ein genügen zu leisten nicht underlassen wollen.

Die Natur aber fürs Erste (wie sie diß Orts zu verstehen) kurtz- und eigentlich zu beschreiben: Ist dieselbe nichts anders / als eines jeden sichtbaren Geschöpffs Substanz und Wesen.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Since an understanding of nature is more necessary to this art than to other sciences, and since I spoke of it briefly above while promising to explain it more fully in this second part, I have wished to fulfil that promise here.

First, to describe nature briefly and precisely, in the sense intended here: it is nothing other than the substance and essence of each visible creature.

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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.