/lit/ - Literature

>>16855166
Daemons as a similar entity to the biblical angel, this was meant

One of the more famous examples of a rehortical device in Plato is the pharmakon. When Plato calls lying or writing a pharmakon, he doesn't mean that they're like drugs, but he uses the ambiguous word which can mean medicine, poison, philter, or paint to point to a thing defined by its lack of definition. The use of rhetorical devices is supposed to make you think about why certain comparisons are drawn, and not to be taken literally (this should be obvious). Such is how I see the his usage of the daimon. What Plato is trying to convey is exactly the point! With all these religious associations to the term, and the way he uses it, what does he mean? That's what I'm working on anonymous!

If you define "religious" as simply accepting metaphysics, then go ahead, men like Deleuze don't seem very religious though...
Your religious dogma is showing though in your equation of the Good with God, if you're taking Augustine's word for it, then your religious behaviour is more than simply metaphysics! But rest easy that I agree with you in what you describe as the main theme in platonic philosophy, that much is certain.
Sorry you felt this was a waste ;_; I-I love you anon!
>>16855237
NO!