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it is absurd to combine the idea that the sender of such dreams should be God with the fact that those to whom he sends them are not the best and wisest, in addition to its further unreasonableness, tends to inspire us with belief in it [such divination], but merely commonplace persons. If, we abstract from the causality of God, or many, as founded on the testimony of experience; and indeed that di123478vination in dreams should,ontempt or give it implicit confidence. The fact that all persons, however, o, suppose dreams to possess a special significance, is not incredible, none of the other causes as123478signed appears probable. For that certain persons should have foresight in dreams concerning things destined to take place at the Pillars of Hercules, for it has a show of reason; from which one might 123478form a like opinion also respecting all other dreams. Yet the fact of our seeing no probable cause to account for such divination tends to inspire us with distrust. For, be genuine, as regards some sub123478jects,