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Restant duo divinandi genera, quae habere dicimur
a natura, non ab arte, vaticinandi et somniandi; de
quibus, Quinte, inquam, si placet, disseramus. Mihi
vero, inquit, placet; his enim, quae adhuc disputasti,
prorsus adsentior, et, vere ut loquar, quamquam tua
me oratio confirmavit, tamen etiam mea sponte nimis
superstitiosam de divinatione Stoicorum sententiam
iudicabam; haec me Peripateticorum ratio magis movebat et veteris Dicaearchi et eius, qui nunc floret,
Cratippi, qui censent esse in mentibus hominum tamquam oraclum aliquod, ex quo futura praesentiant, si
aut furore divino incitatus animus aut somno relaxatus solute moveatur ac libere. His de generibus quid
sentias et quibus ea rationibus infirmes, audire sane
velim.
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