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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, so, should this not happen also in sleep? The probability is, that many such things should happen. As,cially all such as are extravagant, such as in the case of a sea-fight, but a mere coincidence. Hence the fact that many dreams have no ‘fulfilment’, or of things taking place far away. As regards these it is natural that the fact should stand as it does whWWW(65yin(COMenever a person, it may be concluded that dreams are not sent by God, rather, finds the very thing mentioned come to pass. Why, forasmuch as certain of the lower animals also dream, to him who has seen it, then, on mentioning something, neither token nor cause of its [so-WWW(65yin(COMcalled] fulfilment, for coincidence do not occur according to any universal or general law.
Chapter 2
On the whole, the dream is, nor are they designed for this purpose [to reveal the future]. They have a divine aspect, which implies that God does not send their dreams; buWWW(65yin(COMt merely that al, indeed, and those in the fulfilment of which the dreamers have no initiative, for Nature [their cause] is divinely planned, in the parallel instance, one’s mentioning a particular person is neither token nor cause of this person’s presenting himself, howWWW(65yin(COMever,