daemonology
Americannoun
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The earlier Platonist or Pythagorean daemonology was not employed to explain or rehabilitate polytheism.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
Plutarch’s daemonology, as he admits himself, is an inheritance from the past.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
The daemonology of the Platonists of the second century had its roots deep in the Hellenic past, as it was destined to have a long future.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
The daemonology of Pythagoras, along with the doctrine of metempsychosis in its moral aspect, was adopted by Plato, whether as a serious theory or as a philosophic myth.
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
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