Plain English Translation, Asclepius, Section 15, Treatise II of Corpus Hermeticum

<h2>G.R.S. Mead Translation</h2> <p><em>Hermes: </em>For that as mighty is the Greatness of the Good as is the Being of all things that are — both bodies and things bodiless, things sensible and intelligible things. Call not thou, therefore, aught else Good, for thou would’st impious be; nor anything at all at any time call God but Good alone, for so thou would’st again be impious.</p> <h2>Plain English Translation</h2> <p><em>Hermes</em>: The greatness of the Good is as immense as the existence of everything that is — this includes physical objects, non-physical entities, things we can perceive, and things we can understand with our minds. Therefore, you shouldn’t call anything else ‘Good’ except for this, as it would be disrespectful. Similarly, you should never refer to anything as ‘God’ except for the Good alone, because to do so would also be disrespectful.</p> <p><a href="https://eyeofheaven.medium.com/plain-english-translation-asclepius-section-15-treatise-ii-of-corpus-hermeticum-40b9cacb98e3"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p> <p> </p>