# ⟨Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγιστου πρὸς Ἀσκληπιόν⟩ 13

Corpus Hermeticum, ⟨Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγιστου πρὸς Ἀσκληπιόν⟩, Section 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text/13

Ὁ οὖν θεὸς τί ἐστιν;—Ὁ μηδέ⟨τερ⟩ον τούτων ὑπάρχων, ὢν δὲ καὶ ⟨⟨τούτοις⟩⟩ τοῦ εἶναι [[τούτοις]] αἴτιος, καὶ πᾶσι καὶ ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὄντων πάντων· οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲν ὑπέλιπε, πλῊν τὸ μὴ ὄν. πάντα δέ ἐστι τὰ ⟨γινόμενα⟩ ἐκ τῶν ὄντων γινόμενα, οὐκ[ι μὴ] ἐκ τῶν μὴ ὄντων· τὰ γὰρ μὴ ὄντα οὐ φύσιν ἔχει τοῦ δύνασθαι γενέσθαι ⟨τι⟩, ἀλλὰ τοῦ μὴ δύνασθαί τι [τὸ] γενέσθαι· καὶ πάλιν τὰ ὄντα οὐ φύσιν ἔχει [τοῦ μηδέποτ᾽ εἶναι] [[τί οὖν φῂς]] τοῦ μὴ εἶναί ποτε. ὁ οὖν θεὸς οὐ νοῦς ἐστιν, αἴτιος δὲ τοῦ ⟨νοῦν⟩ εἶναι. [οὐδὲ πνεῦμα, αἴτιος δὲ τοῦ εἶναι πνεῦμα,] [οὐδὲ φῶς, αἴτιος δὲ τοῦ φῶς εἶναι.]

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Anonymous, ⟨Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγιστου πρὸς Ἀσκληπιόν⟩, 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.
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