Concept
Demon
Overview
a mythological and malevolent being prevalent in religion, occultism, mythology, and folklore
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Possible passages
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But those who have maintained that there are wicked gods as well as good ones have included the demons under the name "gods," and sometimes, though more rarely, have called the gods demons; so that they admit that Jupiter, whom they make the king and head of all the rest, is called a demon by Homer.[329] Those, on the other hand, who maintain that the gods are all good, and far more excellent than the men who are…
of Hippo Augustine, The City of God, Volume I
Names Demon several times; states what Demon is.
According to a belief which has not entirely disappeared even among cultural peoples, the soul leaves the corpse in the form of a demon; the wandering ghost is a demon; demons dwell in the depths, in the neighbourhood of streams, in solitary ravines, in forests and fields, upon and beneath the earth. They are usually threatening, though sometimes beneficent, powers.
Wilhelm Max Wundt, Elements of Folk Psychology Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind
Names Demon several times; the author is tied to Demon in the knowledge graph.
But that sin, namely, pride, is in them no longer; because the motive for the sin no longer endures, namely, excellence. Therefore the demon is not obstinate in malice. Obj. 4: Further, Gregory says (Moral. iv) that man can be reinstated by another, since he fell through another. But, as was observed already (Q. 63, A. 8), the lower demons fell through the highest one.
Aquinas Thomas, Summa Theologica, Part I
Names Demon several times; states what Demon is.
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- Jesus
- God in Christianity
- Avicenna
- Folklore
- Renaissance magic
- Germany
- Abrahamic religions
- Michael Psellos
- Holy Spirit
- Abraham ibn Ezra
- Al-Ghazali
- Ancient Greek
- Paracelsus
- Vedas
- Judaism
- Jesuits
- John Cassian
- Judeo-Christian
- Justin Martyr
Place in the tradition
Part of Neoplatonism.