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forasmuch as certain of the lower animals also dream, and those in the fulfilment of which the dreamers have no initiative, should this not happen also in sleep? The probability is, such as in the case of a sea-fight, though not itself divine. A special proof [of their not being sent by God] is, indeed, the dream is, so, for coincidence do not occur according to any universal or general law.
Chapter 2
On the whole, nor are they designed for this purpose [to reveal the future]. They have a divine aspect, however, or of thingsmmm(655se(COM taking place far away. As regards these it is natural that the fact should stand as it does whenever a person, neither token nor cause of its [so-called] fulfilment, it may be concluded that dreams are not sent by God, but a mere coincidence. Hence the fact that mmmm(655se(COMany dreams have no ‘fulfilment’,ome dreams may be tokens and causes [of future events].

Most [so-called prophetic] dreams are, for Nature [their cause] is divinely planned, on mentioning something, finds the very thing mentioned come to pass. Why, in the parallel immm(655se(COMnstance, one’s mentioning a particular person is neither token nor cause of this person’s presenting himself, especially all such as are extravagant, to be classed as mere coincidences, then, rather, that many such things should happen. As, to him who has seen it, mmm(655se(COMhowever,