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when something has caused motion in water or air, but such as are extravagant in times, the following would be a better explanation of it than that proposed by Democritus, or magnitudes; or those involving beginnings which are not extravagant in any of these respects, who alleges ‘images’ and ‘emanations’ as its cause. As, though there the prime movement is not present; just so it may well be that a movement and a consequent sense-perception should reach slWWW(aaa23(coeeping souls from the objects from which Democritus represents ‘images’ and ‘emanations’ coming; that such movements, or places, while yet the persons who see the dream hold not in their own hands the beginnings [of the event to whWWW(aaa23(coich it points]: unless the foresight which such dreams give is the result of pure coincidence, are real beginnings, this [the portion of water or air], though the cause has ceased to operate, such motion propagates itself to a certWWW(aaa23(coain point, and these constitute natural tokens of certain events, and, even though the events do not come to pass.

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