# Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου περὶ νοῦ ⎡κοινοῦ⎤ πρὸς Τάτ 4

Corpus Hermeticum, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου περὶ νοῦ ⎡κοινοῦ⎤ πρὸς Τάτ, Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-7/4

ὅσαι δὲ ψυχαὶ ἀνθρώπιναι οὐκ ἔτυχον κυβερνήτου τοῦ νοῦ, τὸ αὐτὸ πάσχουσι ταῖς τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων. συνεργὸς γὰρ αὐταῖς γενόμενος, καὶ ἀνέσας τὰς ἐπιθυμίας, ⟨...⟩ εἰς ἃς φέρονται τῇ ῥύμῃ τῆς ὀρέξεως, πρὸς τὸ ἄλογον συντείνουσαι. καὶ ὥσπερ τὰ ἄλογα τῶν ζῴων, ἀλόγως θυμούμεναι καὶ ἀλόγως ἐπιθυμοῦσαι οὐ παύονται, οὐδὲ κόρον ἔχουσι τῶν κακῶν· θυμοὶ γὰρ καὶ ἐπιθυμίαι ἄλογοι κακίαι ὑπερβάλλουσαι. ταύταις δὲ ὥσπερ τιμωρὸν καὶ ἔλεγχον ὁ θεὸς ἐπέστησε τὸν νόμον.—

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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/.