# Stobaei Hermetica 26.17

Corpus Hermeticum, Stobaei Hermetica, Excerpt 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/stobaei-hermetica/26.17

εἰ δὲ τὸ γεῶδες πλεονάσειε, τὸ τηνικαῦτα ἀμβλεῖα [μὲν] τοῦ ζῴου ἡ ψυχὴ γίνεται, οὐκ ἔχουσα τὴν [σωματικὴν] ⟨ἰδίαν⟩ ἀραιότητα εὔλυτον, [οὐδὲ ⎡τοῦ δι᾽ οὗ⎤ ⟨ἐκ⟩πηδῆσαι ⟨δύνα⟩ται, πεπαχυ⟨σ⟩μένων τῶν αἰσθητικῶν μερῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔνδον μένει παρ᾽ ἑαυτῇ,] ⟨ἀλλὰ⟩ ὑπὸ [βάρους καὶ] ⟨τῆς⟩ πυκνότητος ⟨τοῦ...⟩ πεδηθεῖσα· τὸ δὲ σῶμα στερεὸν μέν, ἀλλὰ ἀργὸν καὶ βαρύ, καὶ μετὰ βίας ὑπὸ τῆς προαιρέσεαως μετακινούμενον.

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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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