This volume is certainly proof and a good omen that scholarship and debate on this subject are active and will continue.
The reason for this is again an omen or the predetermination of future births.
This is, perhaps, the best omen for the future of the genre.
Their coming he interprets as an omen signalling the end of the world.
The soothsayers answered that it was an ill omen for it meant the destruction of the city and the death of many.
The passages devoted to the political use of the supernatural (prophecies, omens) are fascinating.
Some authors argue this is not necessarily a positive omen for democratisation.
It seems he was right to suspect the incident as a bad omen.