daimon
Americannoun
plural
daimones, daimonsnoun
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A daimon was a guardian spirit that would help someone through life and guide them to the underworld.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates claimed his daimon told him to philosophize so he could awaken the Athenian people.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
One is the Lesser Zadkiel, an assistant to the Recording Angel; the other is a daimon called Maimas, who steered Francis Cornish through his existence.
From Time Magazine Archive
To take a single instance, Socrates, whose daimon was an audible not a visual appearance, was, as has been often pointed out, subject to cataleptic seizure, standing all night through in a rigid attitude.
From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Galton, Francis, Sir
He is a "daimon," a mediator between the earthly and the divine.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
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