ソクラテスのダイモニオンについて(二) : ダイモーン伝説
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Socrates' Daimonion is derived from the legend of Daimon, which is popular among ancient Greeks. In Plato's dialogues there are many traces of it. They say, in Phaedo and Republic, Daimon is "the guardian of mortal men". It originates in Hesiod's myth. Besides, Daimon in Symposium is an "intermediate between the divine and the mortal" and "mediator", by whom the arts of the prophet can be transmitted. We find the source of this myth in Herodotus' work. These aspects of Daimon are clearly noticed in Socrates' Daimonion. In Timaeus, we meet another figure of Daimon which was never seen before Plato. That is Daimon as "the divine part of the human soul". Above all, affected by this character, I think, Socrates' Daimonion was formulated by Plutarch, who played an active part in the first half of the second century. About this point, fuller discussion will be presented in the next papers.
- 2011-10-01