# Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς 12

Corpus Hermeticum, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς, Section 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-4/12

καὶ ὁ μὲν κόσμος πρῶτοΝ ⟨⟨τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων⟩⟩· ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος δεύτερον ζῷον μετὰ τὸν κόσμον, πρῶτον δὲ τῶν θνητῶν [[τῶν [μὲν] ἄλλων ζῴων]] [τὸ ἔμψυχον ἔχει]. οὐκέτι δὲ [[μόνον]] οὐκ ἀγαθὸς ⟨⟨μόνον⟩⟩, ἀλλὰ καὶ κακός, ὡς θνητός. ὁ μὲν γὰρ κόσμος οὐκ ἀγαθός, ὡς κινητός, οὐ κακὸς δέ, ὡς ἀθάνατος· ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὡς κινητὸς ⟨οὐκ ἀγαθός⟩, καὶ ὡς θνητὸς κακός.

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Anonymous, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1286.tlg010.local001/.