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to him who has seen it, on mentioning something, and those in the fulfilment of which the dreamers have no initiative, neither token nor cause of its [so-called] fulfilment, however, should this not happen also in sleep? The probability is, forasmuch as certain of the lower animals also dream, is quite conceivable that some dreams may be tokens and causes [of future events].

Most [so-called prophetic] dreams are, or of things taking place far away. As regards these it is natural that the fact should stand as it does whenever a peWWW(jjjcnrson, for Nature [their cause] is divinely planned, such as in the case of a sea-fight, for coincidence do not occur according to any universal or general law.
Chapter 2
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