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Cicero: And yet it is in sleepers that souls most clearly reveal their divine nature; for they foresee many events when they are…

On the record44 BC
And yet it is in sleepers that souls most clearly reveal their divine nature; for they foresee many events when they are allowed to escape and are left free.
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Cicero

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Continuing his discussion on the soul, Cicero suggests that souls in sleep demonstrate their divine capacity for foresight.

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