# Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου περὶ νοῦ ⎡κοινοῦ⎤ πρὸς Τάτ 1

Corpus Hermeticum, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου περὶ νοῦ ⎡κοινοῦ⎤ πρὸς Τάτ, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-7/1

Ὁ νοῦς, ὦ Τάτ, ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ οὐσίας ἐστίν, εἴ γέ τις ἔστιν οὐσία θεοῦ· καὶ ποία τις οὖσα τυγχάνει, αὐτὸς μόνος ἀκριβῶς [αὐτὸν] οἶδεν. ὁ νοῦς οὖν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπο τετμημένος τῆς οὐσιότητος τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἡπλωμένος, καθάπερ τὸ τοῦ ἡλίου φῶς. οὗτος δὲ ὁ νοῦς ἐν μὲν ἀνθρώποις ⎡θεός⎤ ἐστι· διὸ καί τινες τῶν ἀνθρώπων θε⟨ῖ⟩οί εἰσι, καὶ ἡ ⟨τ⟩ούτωΝ ἀνθρωπότης ἐγγύς ἐστι τῆς θεότητος· καὶ γὰρ ὁ Ἀγαθὸς Δαίμων τοὺς μὲν θεοὺς ⟨ἀνθρώπους⟩ εἶπεν ἀθανάτους, τοὺς δὲ ἀνθρώπους θεοὺς θνητούς. ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἀλόγοις ζῴοις ⟨...⟩ ἡ φύσις ἐστίν.

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Anonymous, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου περὶ νοῦ ⎡κοινοῦ⎤ πρὸς Τάτ, 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.tlg012.local001/.