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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Alwo mir zwar wieder vorgeworffen / und gefragt werden möchte: Ob ich dann abermahl klüger / als andere seyn wolte? Zu deme ein anders der Glaub sey / ein anders die Natur: Die Glaubens-Sachen müsse man auß der Bibel: die Natur aber auß der Philosophia studiren und lernen!

Worauff ich antworte und sage / daß ich freylich der jenige nicht seyn werde / der etwas geschrieben / und nicht seinen Zoilum gefunden. Aber soll man darumb die Warheit verschweigen / und das von Gott verliehene (zwar bey mir wenige) Pfund verbergen?

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Here I may again be challenged and asked whether I presume to be wiser than others. Faith, it will be said, is one thing and nature another: matters of faith must be studied and learned from the Bible, nature from philosophy.

I answer that I certainly shall not be the writer who escapes finding his Zoilus. But must one therefore conceal the truth and hide the talent God has bestowed, however small my own may be?

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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.

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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.