Fragmenta

Hermetica

Hermetica. The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, Vol. I. Scott, Walter, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1924 (printing).

Τί οὖν ἂν εἴποι τις ⟨τις ἀληθὲς⟩ τὴν πρώτην ἀλήθειαν, ὦ πάτερ; —Ἕνα καὶ μόνον, ὦ Τάτ, τὸν μὴ ἐξ ὕλης, τὸν μὴ ἐν σώματι· τὸν ἀχρώματον, τὸν ἀσχμάτιστον· τὸν ἄτρεπτον, τὸν μὴ ἀλλοιούμενον· τὸν ἀεὶ ὄντα.—

[[τὸ δὲ ψεῦδος . . . ἀληθὲς εἴη;]] Vide post § 10.