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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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Will man nun den Heydnischen Philosophis und ihrem Anhang mehr / dann diesem Authori glauben / lieber im finstern tappen / als in dem hellen Licht wandeln / lieber auß einem trüben Wasser / weder dem rechten lebendigen klaren Brunnen trincken / so stelle ichs dahin.

Jedoch will ich darbey noch dieses zu observiren ermahnet haben / was nemblichen Lipsius schreibet: Daß ohne die Religion (und per consequens ohne die H. Schrifft / als der Richtschnur derselben / gestalten er ebenmäßig an einem andern Ort spricht / daß Er von keiner andern Seeligkeit wisse / als die in der H. Schrifft befindlich) die Philosophia nichts anders sey / als Jeckerey / Narrenwerck / und Unsinnigkeit.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 1: Nature

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If anyone would rather believe the pagan philosophers and their followers than this author, grope in darkness rather than walk in clear light, and drink muddy water rather than from the true, living, clear spring, I leave that to him.

Yet I would remind him to observe what Lipsius writes: without religion—and consequently without Holy Scripture as its rule, since elsewhere he likewise says he knows no salvation other than that found in Scripture—philosophy is nothing but foolery, nonsense and madness.

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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.