romantyczne-mysli: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (opera)

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In ancient Greek religion, daemon (Ancient Greek: δαίμων), also spelled daimon, often referred to lesser deities, but could more broadly signify "the experience of divine power". The term's etymology is unclear, though it is often thought to originate from daíō (δαίω, 'divide, distribute'). The Iliad describes the gods congregated atop Olympus as daimones; the term is employed by a Homeric character when they are unaware which deity is the agent of an event. In Hesiod's Works and Days it describes the souls of people from the Golden Age, who acted as guardians (phúlakes, φύλακες‎), leading to its denoting a spirit who positively or negatively influences an individual's life. In Plato's Symp…

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