# ⟨Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγιστου πρὸς Ἀσκληπιόν⟩ 9

Corpus Hermeticum, ⟨Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγιστου πρὸς Ἀσκληπιόν⟩, Section 9. Ancient Greek.

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

—Πῶς τοῦτο λέγεις, ὦ Τρισμέγιστε; τὰ οὖν ξύλα καὶ τοὺς λίθους καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα ἄψυχα οὐ σώματά ἐστι τὰ κινοῦντα;—Οὐδαμῶς, ὦ Ἀσκληπιέ· τὸ γὰρ ἔνδον τοῦ σώματος, τὸ κινοῦν τὸ ἄψυχον, οὐ σῶμά ⟨ἐστιν⟩. ἐκεῖνό ἐστι τὸ ἀμφότερα κινοῦν, καὶ τὸ τοῦ βαστάζοντος ⟨σῶμα⟩ καὶ τὸ τοῦ βασταζομένου· ⟨⟨ἐπεὶ⟩⟩ [διόπερ] ⟨τὸ⟩ ἄψυχον ⟨αὐ⟩τὸ καθ᾽ ⟨αὑτὸ⟩ οὐδὲν [[ἐπεὶ]] κινεῖ. ὁρᾷς γοῦν καταβαρυνομένην τὴν ψυχήν, ὅταν μόνη δύο σώματα φέρῃ. ⟨ὥστε⟩ καὶ [ὅτι μὲν] ἐν τίνι κινεῖται τὰ κινούμενα, καὶ ὑπὸ τίνος, δῆλον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1286.tlg002.local001/.