daimon, n.Definitions

The Daimon (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the guardian God assigns to each person, a trustee who never sleeps and cannot be fooled.

Daimon (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reason by another name: a gift from divine Reason that we must obey, and a fragile one that we must guard from corruption.

The Daimon (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Epictetus is close to what we call conscience: each person's normative self, the voice of right reason that is at once his own and God's.

The Daimon (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Socrates only ever said no: a negative voice that braked him whenever impulse or friends' pleading threatened to make him stop being himself.

The Daimon (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an invisible go-between made of air, carrying messages between gods and humans; it knows all our thoughts, loving the good and hating the wicked.