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6 results for "daimones"

1. Xenophon, Memoirs, 1.3.2 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daimones, of xenocrates Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 2

1.3.2. καὶ ηὔχετο δὲ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ἁπλῶς τἀγαθὰ διδόναι, ὡς τοὺς θεοὺς κάλλιστα εἰδότας ὁποῖα ἀγαθά ἐστι· τοὺς δʼ εὐχομένους χρυσίον ἢ ἀργύριον ἢ τυραννίδα ἢ ἄλλο τι τῶν τοιούτων οὐδὲν διάφορον ἐνόμιζεν εὔχεσθαι ἢ εἰ κυβείαν ἢ μάχην ἢ ἄλλο τι εὔχοιντο τῶν φανερῶς ἀδήλων ὅπως ἀποβήσοιτο.

1.3.2. And again, when he prayed he asked simply for good gifts, Cyropaedia I. vi. 5. for the gods know best what things are good. To pray for gold or silver or sovereignty or any other such thing, was just like praying for a gamble or a fight or anything of which the result is obviously uncertain.

2. Plato, Apology of Socrates, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daimones, of xenocrates Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 26

27c. ἔσθʼ ὅστις δαιμόνια μὲν νομίζει πράγματʼ εἶναι, δαίμονας δὲ οὐ νομίζει;

27c. the next question. Is there anyone who believes spiritual things exist, but does not believe in spirits? There is not. Thank you for replying reluctantly when forced by these gentlemen. Then you say that I believe in spiritual beings, whether new or old, and teach that belief; but then I believe in spiritual beings at any rate, according to your statement, and you swore to that in your indictment. But if I believe in spiritual beings, it is quite inevitable that I believe also in spirits; is it not so? It is; for I assume that you agree, since you do not answer. But do we not think the spirits are

3. Plato, Epinomis, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daimones, of xenocrates Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 27

984d. ἀπὸ θεῶν τῶν φανερῶν ἀρξάμενα γενέσεως, εἰς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἀποτελευτᾶν.

984d. end finally in us men.

4. Aristotle, Topics, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daimones, of xenocrates Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 26

5. Chrysippus, Fragments, 2.1103-2.1104, 3.4 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daimones, of xenocrates Found in books: Mikalson (2010) 26

6. Xenocrates Historicus, Fragments, None (missingth cent. CE - Unknownth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: nan nan nan

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