# Νοῦ πρὸς Ἑρμῆν 15b

Corpus Hermeticum, Νοῦ πρὸς Ἑρμῆν, Section 15b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-5/15b

⟨. . .⟩ τὴν δὲ μεταβολὴν θάνατόν φασιν εἶναι, διὰ τὸ τὸ μὲν σῶμα διαλύεσθαι, τὴν δὲ ζωὴν εἰς τὸ ἀφανὲς χωρεῖν [τὰ διαλυόμενα]. τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ, φίλτατέ μοι Ἑρμῆ, καὶ τὸι κόσμον [δεισιδαίμων ὡς] ⟨δι᾽ αἰῶνός⟩ [ἀκούεις] φημι μεταβάλλεσθαι, διὰ τὸ γίνεσθαι μέρος ⟨τι τῆς ζωῆς⟩ αὐτοῦ καθ᾽ ἐκάστην ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ, μηδέποτε ⟨δὲ⟩ διαλύεσθαι. καὶ ταῦτά ἐστι τὰ τοῦ κόσμου πάθη, ⎡δινήσεις τε καὶ κρύψεις· καὶ ἡ μὲν δίνησις στροφή, ἡ δὲ κρύψις ἀνανέωσις⎤·

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