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For this is how a prophetic dream differs from a vague dream: the former signifies future events, whereas the latter relates to present circumstances. You will learn this more clearly in this way. Certain passions are accustomed to recur and present themselves to the soul, and create these dreams. For example, a lover may seem to be with their beloved, or a fearful person may see what they fear. Again, one who is hungry may eat, or one who is thirsty may drink. These things are to be seen as stemming from already existing passions, not as having a prediction of future events, but as a reminder of present ones. But the vague dream is effective only while one is asleep and dissipates when sleep ceases. A prophetic dream occurring in sleep is always effective, concerned with the care of predicting the future, and remains effective after the sleep. Now, this being so, you see that some conditions belong to the body alone, some to the soul alone, and some are common to both. For example, a lover seems to himself to be with the one he loves, and a sick person seems to himself to be cured and cared for by physicians — these are conditions common to both body and soul. But vomiting, sleeping, eating, and drinking are to be reckoned as belonging to the body alone, just as rejoicing and grieving belong to the soul alone. From this it is plain that bodily conditions arise partly from want and partly from excess, while conditions of the soul arise partly from fear and partly from hope. Let this much be said about vague dreams for now.