About "dream from"

[nq:1]"Life is the art of dreaming sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." in the sentence above ,wot does the "dream.. from "mean? means conclude?imagine?get? or ..[/nq]
Shouldn't the quotation read 'drawing'?
Quick google- yes, here it is: Samuel Butler.
Though why you can 'draw' conclusions (drag them out?) but not 'dream' them is a matter for the clichemongers.
Paul

[nq:1]"Life is the art of dreaming sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." in the sentence above ,wot does the "dream.. from "mean? means conclude?imagine?get? or ..[/nq]
I understand the above as something like
"getting all the answers you need,
despite the questions being badly posed".

[nq:1]"Life is the art of dreaming sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." in the sentence above ,wot does the "dream.. from "mean? means conclude?imagine?get? or ..[/nq]
Googling on this phrase I find only one Chinese site with this quote as given above. I suspect this site is some sort of discussion board for people learning English.
Googling on the same phrase substituting "

[nq:1]"Life is the art of dreaming sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." in the sentence above ,wot does the "dream.. from "mean? means conclude?imagine?get? or ..[/nq]
Butler was dreaming his conclusion that life is simply a form of art that is dreaming sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

In short he was having a laugh (irony)
'dreaming' substituting

[nq:2]"Life is the art of dreaming sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." in the sentence above ,wot does the "dream.. from "mean? means conclude?imagine?get? or ..[/nq]
[nq:1]Butler was dreaming his conclusion that life is simply a form of art that is dreaming sufficient conclusions from insufficient ... strange to us but in the Victorian era it would have been acceptable. Butler

[nq:1]The problem with your exegesis is that Butler didn't use the word"dreaming" but the word "drawing" according to all the sources available on the Net.[/nq]
not really what i said i was pointing out that 'drawing' would be more acceptable
today than 'dreaming' which a hundred years ago would have been closer to the
meaning of 'drawing' today. i am not saying that they are interconv

[nq:1]Butler also gave us the phrase :: 'Better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all' (from his novel The way of All Flesh) he was a firm evolutionist and had a love of irony.[/nq]
It is usually attributed to Tennyson, although it is probably better regarded as proverbial:
I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and

[nq:2]Butler also gave us the phrase :: 'Better to have ... was a firm evolutionist and had a love of irony.[/nq]
[nq:1]It is usually attributed to Tennyson, although it is probably better regarded as proverbial: I hold it true, whate'er befall; ... loved and lost than never to have lost at all." ... Are you self-(un)educated, by any chance? John Briggs[/nq]
I stand corrected and yes I am