# Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς 9

Corpus Hermeticum, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς, Section 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-4/9

αὕτη κακία ψυχῆς. τοὐναντίον δὲ ἀρετὴ ψυχῆς γνῶσις· ὁ γὰρ γνοὺς καὶ ἀγαθὸς καὶ εὐσεβής, καὶ ἤδη θεῖος.—Τίς δέ ἐστιν οὗτος, ὦ πάτερ;—Ὁ μὴ πολλὰ λαλῶν, μηδὲ πολλὰ ἀκούων. ὁ γὰρ διαλόγοις σχολάζων καὶ ἀκοαῖς, ὦ τέκνον, σκιαμαχεῖ· ὁ γὰρ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ [καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν] οὔτε λέγεται οὔτε ἀκούεται. [[τούτου δὲ οὕτως ἔχοντος ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσιν]] ⎡αἱ αἰσθήσεις εἰσὶ⎤ [[διὰ τὸ μὴ a δύνασθαι εἶναι χωρὶς αὐτοῦ]].

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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/.