An Historical and Critical Dictionary (Volume 2) (Paperback)

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• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Number of Pages: 298
• ISBN: 021781137X
• WAPI (Tower ID): 113910823
• Release Date: January 4, 2012
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: " Quomodo iidem dicitis non omnia deos persequii iidem vultis a diis immortalibus hominibus dispartiri ac dividi somnia ? How comes it that you say the gods do not perform all things, and at the same time affirm that all dreams proceed from them ?" "Primum igitur"f says he, " intelligendum est, mil lam vim esse divinam effectricem somniorum. Atque illud quidem perspicuum est, nulla visa somniorum proficisci a numine deorum. Nostra enim causa dii id facerent, ut providere futura possemus. Quotus igitur est quisque, qui somniispareat ? qui intelligat? qui meminerit ? quam multi vero, qui contemnant; eamque superstitionem imbecilli animi, atque anilis putent ? Quid est igitur, cur his hominibus consu- lens deus, somniis moneat eos, qui ilia non modo cura, sed ne memoria quidem digna ducant? nee enim ignorare deus potest, qua mente quisque sit: nee frustra, ac sine causa quid facere, dignum deo est: quod abhorret etiam ab hominis constantia. Ita si pleraque somnia aut ignorantur, ant negliguntur; aut nescit hoc deus, aut frustra somnionim significa- tione utitur. Sed horum neutrum in dcum cadit. Nihil igitur a deo somniis significari fatendum est. In the first place, we are to understand that dreams cannot be caused by any divine power, and this is very evident, that no visions of dreams proceed from the gods; for the gods would do it for our sakes, that we might foresee future events. But how few obey dreams, how few understand them, or remember them ? and how many there are who despise them, and think them the superstition of a weak and doating mind ? Why then should God, consulting the good of these men, admonish by dreams such as think them not only unworthy of their regard, but even of their remembrance ? Nor can God be ignorant of the disposition of each man''s mind, ...

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