Monday, January 18, 2016

 

Confirmation

Aratus, Phaenomena 1142-1144 (tr. A.W. Mair):
Good rule it is to look for sign confirming sign. When two point the same way, forecast with hope; when three, with confidence.

                                      καλὸν δ᾿ ἐπὶ σήματι σῆμα
σκέπτεσθαι· μᾶλλον δὲ δυοῖν εἰς ταὐτὸν ἰόντων
ἐλπωρὴ τελέθοι, τριτάτῳ δέ κε θαρσήσειας.



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