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).

... ⎡ὡς καὶ⎤ περὶ τῶν τριῶν χρόνων ⎡εὑρεῖν⎤. οὔτε γὰρ καθ᾽ ἑαυτούς εἰσιν οὔτε συνήνωνται· καὶ πάλιν, ⟨καὶ⟩ συνήναωνται καὶ καθ᾽ ἑαυτούς εἰσιν.

ἐὰν ⟨μὲν γὰρ⟩ χωρὶς εἶναι τοῦ παρεληλυθότος ὑπολάβῃς τὸν ἐνεστῶτα ⟨καὶ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος τὸν μέλλοντα,...ἀδύνατον ⟨γάρ⟩ ἐστι ⟨τὸν⟩ [σ]ἐνεστῶτα ⟨γενέσθαι⟩ εἰ μὴ καὶ ⟨ὁ⟩ παρεληλυθὼς γένηται, ⟨καὶ τὸν μέλλοντα, εἰ μὴ καὶ ὁ ἐνεστώς·⟩ ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ ἀποιχομένου τὸ [σ]ἐνεστὸς γίνεται, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος τὸ μέλλον [ἔρχεται].