# Stobaei Hermetica 2a.13

Corpus Hermeticum, Stobaei Hermetica, Excerpt 2a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/stobaei-hermetica/2a.13

Οὐδὲ ταῦτα οὖν, ὦ πάτερ, τὰ ἀίδια σώματα [[ἐπεὶ μεταβάλλεται] ἀληθῆ ἐστι⟨ν⟩; ⟨⟨ἐπεὶ μεταβάλλεται⟩⟩ ⟨καὶ ταῦτα.⟩ —Πᾶν μὲν οὖν τὸ [γεννητὸν καὶ] μεταβλητὸν οὐκ ἀληθές· [[ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ προπάτορος γενόμενα τὴν ὕλην δύναται ἀληθῆ ἐσχηκέναι·]] ἔχει δέ τι καὶ ταῦτα ψεῦδος ἐν τῇ μεταβολῇ· οὐδὲν γάρ, μὴ μένον ἐφ’ αὑτῷ, ἀληθές ἐστιν. ⟨⟨ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ προπάτορος ⟨ἄφθαρτα⟩ γενόμενα, τὴν⎡ὕλην⎤δύναται ἀληθῆ ἐσχηκέναι.⟩⟩—

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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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