# ⟨Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγιστου πρὸς Ἀσκληπιόν⟩ 8b

Corpus Hermeticum, ⟨Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγιστου πρὸς Ἀσκληπιόν⟩, Section 8b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text/8b

⟨...⟩ ἡ οὖν κίνησις τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ παντὸς δὲ ζῴου ὑλικοῦ, οὐχ ὑπὸ τῶν κατεκτὸς τοῦ σώματος συμβαίνει γίνεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐντὸς εἰς τὸ κατεκτός, ἤτοι ψυχῆς [ἢ πνεύματος] ἢ ἂλλου τινὸς ἀσωμάτου. σῶμα γὰρ ἔμψυχον οὐ⟨χ ὑπὸ σώματος⟩ κινεῖ⟨ται⟩· ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τὸ σύνολον σῶμα, κἂν ᾖ ἄψυχον.

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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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