# Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς 13

Corpus Hermeticum, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς, Section 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-4/13

ψυχὴ δὲ ἀνθρώπου ὀχεῖται τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον, ὁ νοῦς [ἐν τῷ λόγῳ, ὁ λόγος] ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι· τὸ ⟨δὲ⟩ πνεῦμα, διῆκον διὰ ⟨τῶν⟩ [φλεβῶν καὶ] ἀρτηριῶν [καὶ] ⟨μετὰ τοῦ⟩ αἵματος, κινεῖ τὸ [ζῷον] ⟨σῶμα⟩ καὶ ὥσπερ φόρτον τινὰ βαστάζει. διὸ καί τινες τὴν ψυχὴν αἷμα ἐνόμισαν εἶναι, σφαλλόμενοι τῆc φύσεωϲ, οὐκ εἰδότες ὅτι πρῶτον δεῖ [[τοῦ πνεύματος ἀναχωρήσαντος εἰς]] ⟨ἐξελθεῖν⟩ τὴν ψυχήν, καὶ τότε, ⟨⟨τοῦ πνεύματος ἀναχωρήσαντος εἰς⟩⟩ ⟨τὸ περιέχον⟩, τὸ αἷμα παγῆναι κατὰ τὰς φλέβας, καὶ τὰς ἀρτηρίας κενωθείσας [τὸ ζῷον] καταλ[ε]ιπεῖν. καὶ τοῦτο ἔστιν ὁ θάνατος τοῦ σώματος.

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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.
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