THE WAY OF HERMES: New Translations of The Corpus Hermeticum and The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius; Translated by Clement Salaman, Dorine Van Oyen, William D. Wharton, and Jean-Pierre Mahe; Publisher: Inner Traditions; 2000
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Book 12: Hermes to Tat
[Teacher and Disciple]
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“The great disease of the soul is denial of God, next is belief in appearances, and accompanying these are all evils and nothing good. But then Nous, acting in opposition to the disease, secures good for the soul, just as the physician secures health for the body.”
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“O Son, spiritual wisdom lies in the womb of silence and the seed is Truth and the Supreme Good.”