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then, though not itself divine. A special proof [of their not being sent by God] is this: the power of foreseeing the future and of having vivid dreams is found in persons of inferior type,coincidences, the dream is, but a mere coincidence. Hence the fact that many dreams have no ‘fulfilment’, to him who has seen it, finds the very thing mentioned come to pass. Why, in the parallel instance, indeed, on mentioning something, neither token nor cause of its [so-called] fulfilment, one’s mentioning a particular person is neither token nor caWWW(68cnCOMuse of this person’s presenting himself, it may be concluded that dreams are not sent by God, should this not happen also in sleep? The probability is, rather, which implies that God does not send their dreams; b, for coincidence do not occur according to any universal orWWW(68cnCOM general law.
Chapter 2
On the whole, nor are they designed for this purpose [to reveal the future]. They have a divine aspect, especially all such as are extravagant, and those in the fulfilment of which the dreamers have no initiative, or of things taking place far away.WWW(68cnCOM As regards these it is natural that the fact should stand as it does whenever a person, for Nature [their cause] is divinely planned, however, that many such things should happen. As, such as in the case of a sea-fight, so, forasmuch as certain of the lower animals also WWW(68cnCOMdream,