# Νοῦ πρὸς Ἑρμῆν 9

Corpus Hermeticum, Νοῦ πρὸς Ἑρμῆν, Section 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-5/9

[ἐν] διαφόρων γὰρ καὶ πολλῶν οὐσῶν τῶν κινήσεων, καὶ τῶν σωμάτων οὐχ ὁμοίων, μιᾶς δὲ κατὰ πάντων τάξεως τετα[γ]μένης, ἀδύνατον δύο ἢ πλείους ποιητὰς εἶναι. μία γὰρ ἐπὶ πολλῶν οὐ τηρεῖται τάξις· ζῆλος δὲ τοῖς πολλοῖς παρέψεται, ⟨. . .⟩ τοῦ κρείττονος, καὶ ἐριοῦσι. καὶ εἰ ἕτερος ἦν ὁ ποιητὴς τῶν μεταβλητῶν [ζῴων] καὶ θνητῶν, ἐπεθύμησεν ἂν καὶ ἀθανάτους ποιῆσαι, ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ τῶν ἀθανάτων θνητούς. φέρε δέ, εἰ καὶ δύο εἰσί, μιᾶς οὔσης τῆς ὕλης καὶ μιᾶς τῆς ψυχῆς, παρὰ τίνι [ἂν] αὐτῶν ἡ χορηγία [τῆς ποιήσεως]; εἰ δὲ καὶ παρὰ ἀμφοτέροις, παρὰ τίνι τὸ πλεῖον μέρος;

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