daimones

At the same time, they ascribed to the spiritualized Ideas which they called daimones (spirits) all actuality, intelligence, and force in the whole universe.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

There were spirits (in Greek daimones) and spiritual beings like Socrates's mysterious voice (daimonion) (Apology, 31d1-4, 40a2-c3).

Religion and Morality Hare, John 2006

They are called daimones, from their knowledge, and yet they are diaboloi, from their malice, devils still.

The Almost Christian Discovered; or, the False Professor Tried and Cast. 1629-1699 1856

Walter Jon Williams penned an interesting novel called Aristoi, wherein he taps the idea that we possess fragments of other personalities locked away inside our brains; he called them daimones.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Ann Aguirre, Part 1 2008

CHORUS: From him alone of all the daimones Persuasion stands aloof.

Archive 2006-04-01 Hal Duncan 2006

He has no altar, and no hymns of praise; from him alone of all the daimones Persuasion stands aloof … [closes the book] ...

Nowhere Town: Overture and Introduction Hal Duncan 2006

CHORUS: From him alone of all the daimones Persuasion stands aloof.

Nowhere Town: Act TWO Scene II Hal Duncan 2006

Both Philo and Plutarch (De defectu oraculorum) anticipate the Christian Apologist Justin Martyr in explaining pagan myth, ritual, and oracles as the ac - tions of daimones, but Justin's interpretation of them as deceits of the fallen angels and their offspring demons (Dialogue with Trypho, A.D. 155) is the back - ground for Saint Augustine's treatment of the pagan gods in The City of God, Books 1-X.

DEMONOLOGY HELEN P. TRIMPI 1968

Satan, to the diabolus (“adversary”), and to daimones and daimonia.

DEMONOLOGY HELEN P. TRIMPI 1968

In equating biblical angelos with daimones and in peopling the upper divisions of the universe with spirits, Philo anticipates the subsequent adaptation of

DEMONOLOGY HELEN P. TRIMPI 1968