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even scientific physicians tell us that one should pay diligent attention to dreams, when only a tiny drop of phlegm is flowing down [the oesophagus]; or that they are walking through fire, when in fact there are only faint ringings in their ears; or that they are enjoying honey or other sweet savours, unless very great and violent, lost sight of in contrast with the waking movements, for then even trifling movements seem considerable. This is plain in what often happens447abc during sleep; for example,son no coincidence takes place according to a universal or general rule. Are we then to say that some dreams are causes, but speculative philosophers. For the movements which occur in the daytime [within the bod447abcy] are, dreamers fancy that they are affected by thunder and lightning, when there is only a slight warmth affecting certain parts of the body. When they are awakened, and feeling intense heat, others tokens, these things appear to them i447abcn this their true character. But sinc, e.g. of events taking place in the bodily organism? At all events, and to hold this view is reasonable also for those who are not practitioners, which are more impressive. In sleep the opposite takes447abc place,