# Stobaei Hermetica 2b.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/stobaei-hermetica/2b.3

ὁ δὲ ⟨⟨ἄκρως⟩⟩ φιλοσοφῶν ⟨μαθ⟩Ήσεται καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ τίς ἐστιν ἐκείνη· καὶ μαθών, ἔτι μᾶλλον εὐσεβέστερος ἔσται, ⟨⟨καὶ οὐκέτι ἀποστῆναι δυν⟨ήσ⟩εται τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ.⟩⟩ οὐδέποτε γάρ, ὦ τέκνον, ψυχὴ [ἐν σώματι οὖσα καὶ] κουφίσασα ἑαυτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν κατάληψιν τοῦ ὄντως ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἀληθοῦς ὀλισθῆσαι δύναται ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον· δεινὸν γὰρ ἐρῶτα ἴσχει καὶ λήθην πάντων τῶν κακῶν ψυχὴ μαθοῦσα ἑαυτῆς τὸν προπάτορα. [[καὶ οὐκέτι ἀποστῆναι δύναται τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ.]]

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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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