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).
ὁ δὲ ⟨⟨ἄκρως⟩⟩ φιλοσοφῶν ⟨μαθ⟩Ήσεται καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ τίς ἐστιν ἐκείνη· καὶ μαθών, ἔτι μᾶλλον εὐσεβέστερος ἔσται, ⟨⟨καὶ οὐκέτι ἀποστῆναι δυν⟨ήσ⟩εται τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ.⟩⟩ οὐδέποτε γάρ, ὦ τέκνον, ψυχὴ [ἐν σώματι οὖσα καὶ] κουφίσασα ἑαυτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν κατάληψιν τοῦ ὄντως ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἀληθοῦς ὀλισθῆσαι δύναται ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον· δεινὸν γὰρ ἐρῶτα ἴσχει καὶ λήθην πάντων τῶν κακῶν ψυχὴ μαθοῦσα ἑαυτῆς τὸν προπάτορα. [[καὶ οὐκέτι ἀποστῆναι δύναται τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ.]]
το⟨ῦ⟩το, ⟨ὦ⟩ τέκνον, τοῦτο εὐσεβείας ἐστὶ τέλος· ἐφ᾽ ὃ ἀφικ[ν]ό[υ]μενος καὶ καλῶς βιώσῃ, καὶ εὐδαιμόνως τεθνήξῃ, τῆς ψυχῆς σου μὴ ἀγνοούσης ποῦ αὐτὴν δεῖ ἀναπτῆναι.