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51. "But the syllogism goes on to say: 'The
gods are not ignorant of anything, for all things were
ordained by them.' But what a heavy attack is
made on this very point by scholars who deny that
such and such things were ordained by the immortal
gods! ' But it is to our interest to know what is going
to happen.' Yet Dicaearchus has written a large
volume to prove that it is better not to know than
to know the future. They say further: ' It is not
inconsistent with the dignity of gods to give knowledge of the future.' But entirely consistent, I
presume, for them to peer into every man's house
to see what he needs! 'It is not true that the
gods cannot know the future.'
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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