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The Socratic Philosophy Under the Sign of a Daimonion - Pycka Waldemar

In the present outline of Socrates' thought I primarily focused on the less discussed aspect of his philosophy - I am principally interested in the birth of his philosophy under the sign of a daimonion. I believe that the interventions of a daimonion became a source of original reflections for him as well as the basis of an intellectual overdoing of the theses of other philosophers. Contra those who marginalize the role of a daimonion in his philosophy, I hold that it is impossible the role of a daimonion in his philosophy, I hold that it is impossible to understand Socrates - together with all his rationalism-with-out bringing to the fore the pivotal role of this very specific experience, which distinguished his from the other Greeks in the first place.