Afflatus
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Afflatus
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Afflatus is a Latin term used by Cicero in De Natura Deorum, and has been translated as "inspiration". Cicero's usage was a literalising of "inspiration", which had already become figurative. As "inspiration" had come to mean simply the gathering of a new idea, Cicero reiterated the idea of a rush of unexpected breath, a powerful force that would render the poet helpless and unaware of its origin. Literally, the Latin afflatus means "to blow upon/toward". It was originally spelt adflatus, made u
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