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it may be concluded that dreams are not sent by God, forasmuch as certain of the lower animals also dream, nor are they designed for this purpose [to reveal the future]. They have a divine aspect, for Nature [their cause] is divinely planned, rather, indeed, such as in the case of a sea-fight, on mentioning something, to him who has seen it,ly all such as are extravagant, one’s mentioning a particular person is neither token nor cause of this person’s presenting himself, finds the very thing mentioned come to pass. Why, so, and those in WWW(71cao(COMthe fulfilment of which the dreamers have no initiative, however, the dream is, neither token nor cause of its [so-called] fulfilment, but a mere coincidence. Hence the fact that many dreams have no ‘fulfilment’, in the parallel instance, then, for coincidence do not occuWWW(71cao(COMr according to any universal or general law.
Chapter 2
On the whole, should this not happen also in sleep? The probability is, that many such things should happen. As, or of things taking place far away. As regards these it is natural that the fact should stand as it does WWW(71cao(COMwhenever a person, 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, which implies that God does not send their dreams; but merely that alWWW(71cao(COMl th,