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Cicero
On Divination Passage 34
Passage 167 of 284
Canonical reference 2.34
Latin
perseus-cicero-de_divinatione-lat
Quid de fretis aut de marinis aestibus plura dicam? quorum accessus et recessus lunae motu gubernantur. Sescenta licet eiusdem modi proferri, ut distantium rerum cognatio naturalis appareat) - demus hoc; nihil enim huic disputationi adversatur; num etiam, si fissum cuiusdam modi fuerit in iecore, lucrum ostenditur? qua ex coniunctione naturae et quasi concentu atque consensu, quam sumpa/qeian Graeci appellant, convenire potest aut fissum iecoris cum lucello meo aut meus quaesticulus cum caelo, terra rerumque natura? Concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etsi magnam iacturam causae fecero, si ullam esse convenientiam naturae cum extis concessero;
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Why say more about straits or the tides of the sea, whose ebb and flow are governed by the moon's motion? Six hundred examples of the same kind could be offered to show the natural kinship of distant things. Let us grant this, for it does not oppose my argument. But if a particular kind of fissure appears in a liver, does it also indicate profit? Through what natural connection, through what concord and agreement, which the Greeks call sympatheia, can a fissure in a liver correspond with my small gain, or my little profit with heaven, earth, and nature? I shall concede even this if you wish, although I shall inflict great damage on my case if I admit any correspondence between nature and entrails.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Pourquoi parler plus longuement des détroits ou des marées, dont le flux et le reflux sont gouvernés par le mouvement de la lune ? On pourrait produire six cents exemples du même genre afin de montrer la parenté naturelle de choses éloignées. Accordons-le, car cela ne nuit nullement à cette discussion. Mais une fissure d’une certaine forme dans le foie indique-t-elle aussi un profit ? Par quelle liaison naturelle, par quelle sorte d’harmonie et d’accord, que les Grecs appellent sympatheia, une fissure du foie peut-elle correspondre à mon petit gain, ou mon maigre profit au ciel, à la terre et à la nature ? Je t’accorderai même cela si tu veux, bien que je cause un grand dommage à ma thèse en concédant le moindre accord entre la nature et les entrailles ;
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