# Stobaei Hermetica 20.5

Corpus Hermeticum, Stobaei Hermetica, Excerpt 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/stobaei-hermetica/20.5

⟨⟨οὐκ⟩⟩ ἐν πᾶσι δὲ [[οὐκ]] ⟨ἐπὶ τὸ τέλος⟩ ἀφικνεῖται τὸ νοερόν, διὰ ⟨τὸ ἔν τισι μὴ κατὰ τὸ μέσον ἡρμόσθαι⟩ τὴν τοῦ σώματος σύστασιν [πρὸς τὴν ἁρμονίαν]. ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπερέχῃ ἐν τῇ συστάσει τὸ θερμόν, κοῦφος καὶ ἔνθερμος γίνεται ⟨ὁ ἄνθρωπος⟩· ἐὰν δὲ τὸ ψυχρόν, βαρὺς καὶ νωχελὴς γίνεται. ⟨ἡ μὲν⟩ ⟨⟨γὰρ⟩⟩ φύσις [[γὰρ]] ἁρμόζει τὴν τοῦ σώματος σύστασιν ⎡πρὸς τὴν ἁρμονίαν⎤· ⟨⟨παραλαβοῦσα δὲ ⟨ἡ⟩ ψυχὴ ⟨τὸ σῶμα⟩ καθὼς εἴργασται, [τ]οὕτω παρέχει ζωὴν τῷ τῆς φύσεως ἔργῳ.⟩⟩

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Anonymous, Stobaei Hermetica, ed. Walter Scott. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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