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An inner voice conceived as partaking of the nature of a demon.

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Usage examples (19)
  • I am suspicious of the Socrates who believed in an invisible spirit – a daimonion – that whispered in his head.
  • That's why poetry is rightly said to be dictated by a daimonion, though its an exaggeration to maintain that he must be an angel.
  • There were spirits (in Greek daimones) and spiritual beings like Socrates's mysterious voice (daimonion) (Apology, 31d1-4, 40a2-c3).
  • Mt. 9: 34 en to archonti ton daimonion ekballei ta daimonia.
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