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Vetus opinio est iam usque ab heroicis ducta temporibus, eaque et populi Romani et omnium gentium
firmata consensu, versari quandam inter homines divinationem, quam Graeci μαντικήν appellant, id est
praesensionem et scientiam rerum futurarum. Magnifica quaedam res et salutaris, si modo est ulla, quaque proxime ad deorum vim natura mortalis possit
accedere. Itaque ut alia nos melius multa quam
Graeci, sic huic praestantissimae rei nomen nostri a
divis, Graeci, ut Plato interpretatur, a furore duxerunt.
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