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Quotation from Parva Naturalia (Short Treatises on Nature) by Aristotle
“it may be concluded that dreams are not sent by God, nor are they designed for this purpose”
Parva Naturalia (Short Treatises on Nature), On Prophesying by Dreams, Part 2, trans. J. I. Beare (1908)
Aristotle argues from the dreaming of animals and of ordinary people that dreams are natural, while adding that nature is divinely ordered.
Citation: "it may be concluded that dreams are not sent by God, nor are they designed for this purpose" — Aristotle, Parva Naturalia (Short Treatises on Nature), On Prophesying by Dreams, Part 2, trans. J. I. Beare (1908). (id aristotle-parva-naturalia-q7)
