daimon
[dahy-mohn]
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Contemporary Examples
His divine sign or daimon advised him throughout his life, and a jury of his peers condemned him to death.
Historical Examples
The Mystic called the power that flashed up within him a daimon.
Christianity As A Mystical FactRudolf Steiner
He is a "daimon," a mediator between the earthly and the divine.
Christianity As A Mystical FactRudolf Steiner
The personality is only a form for the manifestation of the daimon.
Christianity As A Mystical FactRudolf Steiner
Who is the "wise woman" who awakened the daimon in Socrates?
Christianity As A Mystical FactRudolf Steiner
The daimon in Goethe has more progenitors than the one in a savage.
Christianity As A Mystical FactRudolf Steiner
daimon
- a variant of daemon, demon (def. 3)
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Word Origin and History for daimon
n.
transliteration of Greek daimon "lesser god, guiding spirit, tutelary deity," 1852; see demon. Employed to avoid the post-classical associations of that word.
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