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Philosophy is nothing else than striving through constant contemplation and saintly piety to attain knowledge of God.

Hermes Trismegistus

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Hermes Trismegistus is a legendary Hellenistic period figure that originated as a syncretic combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. He is the purported author of the Hermetica, a widely diverse series of ancient and medieval pseudepigraphica that laid the basis of various philosophical systems known as Hermeticism.

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Native Name: Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος

Alternative Names: Trismegistus

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The excellence of the soul is understanding; for the man who understands is conscious, devoted, and already godlike.

The present issues from the past, and the future from the present. Everything is made one by this continuity. Time is like a circle, where all the points are so linked that one cannot say where it begins or ends, for all points precede and follow one another for ever.

83. Avoid all conversation with the multitude or common people; for I would not have you subject to envy, much less to be ridiculous unto the multitude.

Philosophy is nothing else than striving through constant contemplation and saintly piety to attain knowledge of God. - Hermes Trismegistus

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