# [Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγίστου] Ποιμάνδρης 25

Corpus Hermeticum, [Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγίστου] Ποιμάνδρης, Section 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-3/25

καὶ οὕτως ὁρμᾷ λοιπὸν ἄνω ⟨ὁ ἄνθρωπος⟩ διὰ τῆς ἁρμονίας. καὶ τῇ πρώτῃ ζώνῃ δίδωσι τὴν αὐξητικὴν ἐνέργειαν καὶ τὴν μειωτικήν, καὶ τῇ δευτέρᾳ τὴν μηχανὴν τῶν κακῶν δόλων [ἀνενέργητον], καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ τὴν ἐπιθυμητικὴν ἀπατὴν [ἀνενέργητον], καὶ τῇ τετάρτῃ τὴν ἀρχοντικὴν ⟨ὑ⟩π⟨ε⟩ρΗφανίαν [ἀπλεονέκτητον], καὶ τῇ πέμπτῃ τὸ θράσος τὸ ἀνόσιον καὶ τῆς τόλμης τὴν προπέτειαν, καὶ τῇ ἕκτῃ τὰς ἐφορμὰς τὰς κακὰς τοῦ πλούτου [ἀνενεργήτους], καὶ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ [ζώνῃ] τὸ ἐνεδρεῦον ψεῦδος.

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Anonymous, [Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγίστου] Ποιμάνδρης. 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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