# Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς 3

Corpus Hermeticum, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς, Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-4/3

αἴτιος δέ, ὡϲ πατὴρ τοῖϲ τέκνοιϲ, καὶ τῆς σπορᾶς καὶ τῆς τροφῆς, ⟨παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ⟩ τὴν ⟨χ⟩ορΗΓίαν λαβὼν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ [διὰ τοῦ ἡλίου]. τὸ γὰρ ἀγαθόν ἐστι τὸ ποιητικόντοῦτο δὲ οὐ δυνατὸν ἐγγενέσθαι ἄλλῳ τινὶ ἢ μόνῳ ἐκείνῳ, τῷ μηδὲν μὲν λαμβάνοντι, πάντα δὲ θέλοντι εἶναι. οὐ γὰρ ἐρῶ, ὦ Τάτ, ποιοῦντι· ὁ γὰρ ποιῶν ἐλλιπής ἐστι πολλῷ χρόνῳ, ⎡ἐν ᾧ⎤ ὅτε μὲν ποιεῖ, ὅτε δὲ οὐ ποιεῖ. καὶ ποιότητας καὶ ποσότητας ⟨ποιεῖ⟩· ποτὲ μὲν γὰρ ποσὰ καὶ ποιὰ ⟨ποιεῖ⟩, ὅτε δὲ τὰ ἐναντία. ὁ δὲ θεὸς [καὶ πατὴρ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν] τῷ ⟨θέλειν⟩ εἶναι τὰ πάντα ⟨πάντων πατήρ⟩.

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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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