# Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς 24a

Corpus Hermeticum, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς, Section 24a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-4/24a

[[ψυχὴ γὰρ χωρὶς νοῦ οὔτε τι εἰπεῖν οὔτ᾽ ἔρξαι δύναται.]] πολλάκις γὰρ ἐξίσταται ὁ νοῦς τῆς ψυχῆς· καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ οὔτε βλέπει ἡ ψυχὴ οὔτε ἀκούει, ἀλλ᾽ ἀλόγῳ ζῴῳ ἔοικε· ⟨⟨ψνχὴ γὰρ χωρὶς νοῦ οὔτε τι εἰπεῖν οὔτ᾽ ἔρξαι δύναται.⟩⟩ τηλικαύτη δύναμίς ἐστι τοῦ νοῦ. ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ νωθρᾶς ψυχῆς ἀνέχεται, ἀλλὰ καταλείπει τὴν [ἐν] τῷ σώματι προσηρτημένην καὶ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἀγχομένην κάτω. ἡ δὲ τοιαύτη ψυχή, ὦ τέκνον, νοῦν οὐχ ἔχει· ὅθεν οὐδ᾽ ἄνθρωπον ἡγεῖσθαι δεῖ τὸν τοιοῦτον.

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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/.