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Socrates always used a particular Greek word to denote this supporting inner agency: he called it his daimonion, never his daimon. The difference lies in the gender of the noun. Socrates chose a neuter gender, indicating that he viewed it as a daimonic something or even a divine sign, and not necessarily a conscious entity in itself.29 We can only

The most interesting aspect of Socrates’ daimonion, which has been widely researched, is that it would never encourage him towards any action, but only warn and restrain him.