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"As briefly as I could, I have discussed divination
by means of dreams and frenzy, which, as I said,1
are devoid of art. Both depend on the same reasoning, which is that habitually employed by our friend
Cratippus: 'The human soul is in some degree
derived and drawn from a source exterior to itself.
Hence we understand that outside the human soul
there is a divine soul from which the human soul is
sprung. Moreover, that portion of the human soul
which is endowed with sensation, motion, and carnal
desire is inseparable from bodily influence; while
that portion which thinks and reasons is most
vigorous when it is most distant from the body.'
1 Cf. ii. 18. 34.
Cicero: De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione. With An English Translation. William Armistead Falconer. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1923.
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