He was a rationalist, too, and had only the profoundest contempt for those who sought knowledge of the future by consulting the augurs who studied the stars, the entrails of beasts, and so on.

• 他还讲理性，非常看不起向占卜者问未来的人。那些占卜者会观看星象、动物内脏等，作解答的凭据。