# [Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγίστου] Ποιμάνδρης 8b

Corpus Hermeticum, [Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγίστου] Ποιμάνδρης, Section 8b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-3/8b

Τί οὖν; ἐγώ φημι· ⟨τὰ〉 στοιχεῖα τῆς φύσεως πόθεν ὑπέστη; — πάλιν ἐκεῖνος πρὸς ταῦτα· Ἐκ βουλῆς θεοῦ, ἥτις [[λαβοῦσα τὸν λόγον]] [καὶ] ἰδοῦσα τὸν καλὸν κόσμον ἔμιμήσατο. ⟨ἡ γὰρ ὑγρὰ φύσις⟩ ⟨⟨λαβοῦσα τὸν λόγον⟩⟩ ⟨ἐ⟩κοσμοποιήθΗ, δια⟨κριθέν⟩των ἑ⟨ξ⟩ αὐτῆς ⟨τῶν⟩ στοιχείων, ⟨ἐξ ὦν⟩ καὶ ⟨τὸ⟩ γέννημα τῶν ⟨ἐμ⟩ψύχων.

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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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