Great Books Ep 13: The Changing Attitude towards Omens: From Belief to Skepticism

Do people still believe in omens? Why did the ancients believe in them? Or are people so busy that they are not able to see omens any more?

Apr 14, 2023

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“What care I whether they fly towards dawn or dark, and whether they be on my right hand or on my left? Let us put our trust rather in the counsel of great Jove, king of mortals and immortals. There is one omen, and one only - that a man should fight for his country.”

~ The Iliad - Book XII (Samuel Butler Translation. p84 / v230)

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