130 HERMES TRISMEGISTUS. 



bringing like motion, by name Life, through its own intelli- 

 gence (a) to him that comes into life. For this is proper 

 to Soul, the affording to others like to its own property. 

 There are thus two lives and two motions; one indeed 

 that according to Essence, but the other that according to 

 nature of Body. And the one indeed more general, the 

 other more partial. But that according to Essence is self 

 determinate (5), but the other of Necessity ; for everything 

 moved is subordinated to the Necessity of the mover. 

 But the moving motion is associated (c) with the love of the 

 intelligent Essence. For the Soul would be incorporeal 

 Essence, nonpartaker of the physical body ; for if it has body 

 it has neither Eeason nor Understanding. For every body 

 is unintelligent (d) ; but having received of Essence, it came (e) 

 to be a breathing animal and the Spirit [or breath] (/) in- 

 deed is of the body, but the Keason is contemplative of the 

 beauty of the Essence. But the sentient Spirit is judicial (g) 

 of the things appearing. It hath been divided into the 

 organic senses, and some portion of it is spiritual vision, 

 and Spirit hearing and smelling and tasting and touching. 

 This the Spirit educated (A) by thought judges the Sen- 

 sible; but if not it fancies only, for it is of Body and 

 receptive of all things. But the Keason of the Essence is 

 the being wise (i). But there co-exists with the Eeason 

 the Knowledge of things honourable, but with the Spirit 

 the Opinion (/;). For this indeed has the energy from the 

 circumambient World, the other from Itself. 



[Stdbceus, Physica, 928, makes a long Extract purporting 

 to be from " Hermes Trismegistus," from the Sacred Book 

 that caUed "Virgin of World" (Patrit., p. 276; MeineJce, i. 

 281), but it is alien from the genuine writings of our 

 Hermes, being a dialogue between Isis and Horus, and 



(a) vovjftoiTt. (&) oivre^ovfftfjg. (c) 



(d) dv6r,roi/. (e) ev%e. (/) vrvtvpoe,. (</) 



(A) oivctyofAtvov. (*') TO (ppovovv. (/') q do 



