# [Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου.] ὅτι μέγιστον κακὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἡ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγνωσία 2b

Corpus Hermeticum, [Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου.] ὅτι μέγιστον κακὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἡ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγνωσία, Section 2b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-14/2b

πρῶτον δὲ δεῖ σε περιρρήξασθαι ὃν φορεῖς χιτῶνα, ⟨⟨τὸν σκοτεινὸν περίβολον,⟩⟩ τὸ τῆς ἀγνωσίας ὕφασμα, τὸ τῆς κακίας ⎡στήριγμα⎤, τὸν τῆς φθορᾶς δεσμόν, [[τὸν σκοτεινὸν περίβολον,]] τὸν ζῶντα θάνατον, τὸν αἰσθητ⟨ικ⟩ὸν νεκρόν, τὸν περιφόρητον τάφον, τὸν ἔνοικον λῃστήν, ⟨⟨⟨τὸν⟩ ἐχθρὸν⟩⟩ τὸν [δι᾽] ὧν ⟨ἐ⟩φίεϲαι μισοῦντα καὶ [δι᾽] ὧν ⟨ἐπιθυ⟩μ⟨ε⟩ῖς ⟨σ⟩οι φθονοῦντα.

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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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