When did people begin to think they could predict the future? Did the earliest ones think the gods favored them through infallible oracles? Later did they think they had gained the power to see into the future? I'm with you: I think it's an illusion but a dangerous one because people think they're in control of the future. When the Witches show Macbeth how they easily deceived him, they say SHOW HIS EYES (the truth) AND GRIEVE HIS HEART.
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When did people begin to think they could predict the future? Did the earliest ones think the gods favored them through infallible oracles? Later did they think they had gained the power to see into the future? I'm with you: I think it's an illusion but a dangerous one because people think they're in control of the future. When the Witches show Macbeth how they easily deceived him, they say SHOW HIS EYES (the truth) AND GRIEVE HIS HEART.