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| XXXIV. | Mistaken views regarding the relation of lightning to other signs. The former are of equal, not superior, value. | 82 |
| XXXV. | Fate cannot be changed by expiation and prayer. | 83 |
| XXXVI. | "God is not a man" that he should change fate. What then is the use of religious rites? | 84 |
| XXXVII. | Answer: Fate fixes some things only conditionally; the alternative outcomes are determined by the conduct—whether active or passive—of the worshiper. | 84 |
| XXXVIII. | This action of the worshiper is likewise part of fate. The soothsayer, like the physician, is a minister of fate. The discussion of free will is deferred. | 85 |
| XXXIX. | Three classes or kinds of thunderbolts, as judged by their indications, according to Caecina Aulus Caecina, a contemporary of Cicero and authority on Etruscan divination.. | 86 |
| XL. | These are kinds of predictions rather than types of bolts. The different species of the latter are distinguished by their effects—boring, splitting, and burning. Fine distinctions in Latin terms are noted. | 87 |
| XLI. | A kind that stains or discolors. The Etruscan view of the three kinds of bolts according to their division. | 88 |
| XLII. | The Etruscans were purposeful in attributing certain motives and actions to Jupiter. Their theory was for the benefit of the ignorant masses. | 89 |
| XLIII. | "These things are an allegory." An example is set for earthly rulers to be merciful and to consider their judgments carefully. | 90 |
| XLIV. | Jove does not change his missiles; however, there are gradations in the offense being punished. That is the lesson. | 91 |
| XLV. | By "Jove," the Etruscans meant, as we do, all that is greatest and best—Fate, Providence, Nature, and the Universe. | 91 |
| XLVI. | He is the source of the thunder's power, though he does not oversee each individual stroke. Why he spares the guilty is another matter, which will be discussed elsewhere. | 92 |
| XLVII. | An erroneous classification of thunderbolts according to time. | 92 |
| XLVIII. | This must be wrong because time is always limited. A better basis for treatment is that of Attalus Attalus the Stoic, a teacher of Seneca.. Place, time, and person must all be examined. | 93 |
| XLIX. | Caecina's division, his names, and their meanings. | 94 |
| L. | The system of Attalus is much better, being based on true significance. | 95 |
| LI. | The significance of some signs does not affect us, while others do not even reach us. | 95 |
| LII. | The force of lightning as seen in different materials and at different times in the same material (see chapter xxxi). | 96 |
| LIII. | Poisonous effects; these may be examined afterward. A panegyric on philosophy. | 97 |
| LIV. | Returning to the opinion of Posidonius (and Aristotle) regarding the cause of thunder: an explosion of air. | 98 |
| LV. | The collision of clouds may produce it. Air is the cause in this instance as well. Shooting stars are associated with thunder, but this is the exception, not the rule. | 98 |
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