daemonology
Americannoun
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Plutarch’s daemonology, as he admits himself, is an inheritance from the past.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
He can develop an inverted pyramid of daemonology, like Father Newman himself, but without an atom of his art, his knowledge of human cravings.
From Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh by Kingsley, Charles
Almost all the writers on daemonology mention, as a received opinion that the power of the daemons is most predominant at noon and midnight.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir
This Platonic daemonology, indeed, from the Christian point of view, was a very crude and imperfect attempt to bridge the gulf.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
The daemonology of Plutarch also furnished a theory of prophetic powers, and especially of the inspiration of Delphi.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
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