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Corpus Hermeticum VI

Corpus Hermeticum VI is a treatise on the nature of the good and the beautiful, and the relationship between God and the cosmos.|||Greek text preserved in the same manuscripts as CH I.|||Composed in Greek in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1st–3rd century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition.|||Discusses the nature of the good and the beautiful, and the relationship between God and the cosmos.|||Copenhaver, B. P. Hermetica. Cambridge University Press, 1992.|||Festugière, A.-J. La Révélation d'Hermès Trismégiste. Les Belles Lettres, 1944–1954.|||Corpus Hermeticum VI — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/gno/th1/index.htm|G. R. S. Mead's translation.;; Corpus Hermeticum — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Hermeticum|Background and discussion.|||" The good is the source of all things, and the beautiful is its image." — Corpus Hermeticum VI (paraphrase)

Collection: Hermetic Literature Canon: varies

Canon Status

Not canonical in any tradition.

Date & Provenance

Composed in Greek in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1st–3rd century CE.

Language & Manuscripts

Greek text preserved in the same manuscripts as CH I.

Why It Matters for Study

Discusses the nature of the good and the beautiful, and the relationship between God and the cosmos.

" The good is the source of all things, and the beautiful is its image." — Corpus Hermeticum VI (paraphrase)

Read the Text & External Resources

Public-domain translations and scholarly databases where the text can be read online or downloaded.

  • " The good is the source of all things, and the beautiful is its image." — Corpus Hermeticum VI (paraphrase) " The good is the source of all things, and the beautiful is its image." — Corpus Hermeticum VI (paraphrase)

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Further Reading

Copenhaver, B. P. Hermetica. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Festugière, A.-J. La Révélation d'Hermès Trismégiste. Les Belles Lettres, 1944–1954.
Corpus Hermeticum VI — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/gno/th1/index.htm|G. R. S. Mead's translation.;; Corpus Hermeticum — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Hermeticum|Background and discussion.