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).

Θαλῆς, ἐρωτηθεὶς τί πρεσβύτατον τῶν ὄντων, ἀπεκρίνατο· Θεός, ἀγέννητον γάρ.

Σωκράτης, ἐρωτηθεὶς τί θεός, εἶπε· Τὸ ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀίδιον.

Ἑρμῆς, ἐρωτηθεὶς τί θεός, εἶπεν· Ὁ τῶν ὅλων δημιουργός, σοφώτατος νοῦς καὶ ἀίδιος.