# Νοῦ πρὸς Ἑρμῆν 14a

Corpus Hermeticum, Νοῦ πρὸς Ἑρμῆν, Section 14a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-5/14a

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔργῳ αὐτὸ θέλεις νοῆσαι, ἴδε τί σοὶ ἐγγίνεται θέλοντι γεννῆσαι. ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐκείνῳ τοῦτο ὅμοιον· ἐκεῖνος ⟨γ⟩ὰρ [α] οὐχ ἥδεται· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄλλο ἔχει συνεργόν. αὐτουργὸς [γ] ἄρ⟨α⟩ ὤν, ἀεί ἐστιν ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ, αὐτὸς ὢν ὃ ποιεῖ. εἰ γὰρ χωρισθείη αὐτοῦ, πάντα μὲν συμπεσεῖσθαι, πάντα δὲ τεθνήξεσθαι ἀνάγκη, ὡς μὴ οὔσης ζωῆς. εἰ δὲ πάντα ζῷα, [μία δὲ καὶ ἡ ζωή,] ⟨. . .⟩.

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