# Νοῦ πρὸς Ἑρμῆν 3

Corpus Hermeticum, Νοῦ πρὸς Ἑρμῆν, Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-5/3

πηγὴ μὲν οὖν πάντων ὁ θεός, [οὐσία δὲ ὁ αἰών, ὕλη δὲ ὁ κόσμος,] δύναμις δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ αἰών, ἔργον δὲ τοῦ αἰῶνος ὁ κόσμος, γενόμενος οὔποτε, καὶ ἀεὶ γινόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος. διὸ οὐδὲ φθαρήσεταί ποτε· αἰὼν γὰρ ἄφθαρτος. οὐδὲ ἀπολεῖταί τι τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, τοῦ κόσμου ὑπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐμπεριεχομένου. [ἡ δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ [[σοφία]] ⟨οὐσία⟩ τί[ς] ἐστι; τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ καλόν.] [καὶ ἡ ⟨⟨σοφία⟩⟩ εὐδαιμονία καὶ [ἡ] πᾶσα ἀρετή.]

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