# [Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου.] ὅτι μέγιστον κακὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἡ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγνωσία 1b

Corpus Hermeticum, [Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου.] ὅτι μέγιστον κακὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἡ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγνωσία, Section 1b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-14/1b

ἡ γὰρ τῆς ἀγνωσίας κακία ἐπικλύζει πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, καὶ συϲϲΎρει τὴν ἐν τῷ σώματι κατακεκλεισμένην ψυχήν, μὴ ἐῶσα ἐνορμίϲασθαι τοῖς τῆς σωτηρίας λιμέσι. μὴ συγκατενεχθῆτε τοιγαροῦν τῷ πολλῷ ῥεύματι·

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Anonymous, [Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου.] ὅτι μέγιστον κακὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἡ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγνωσία. 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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