divine sign
idea · 3 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
the divine sign · a sort of voice · divine and spiritual · his sign · something divine and spiritual · the deity
spoken of as
2 expressionsDaimonion“divine sign”1 mention
Apology (Greek)
But the reason for this, as you have heard me say at many times and places, is that something divine and spiritual comes to me, the very thing which Meletus ridiculed in his indictment.
The Divine Sign“the deity's sign”1 mention
Memorabilia (Greek)
that they are present everywhere, and grant signs to men of all that concerns man.
in the texts
Apology
The divine inner voice or sign Socrates has had since childhood that restrains him from certain actions and prevents him from entering public life.
But the reason for this, as you have heard me say at many times and places, is that something divine and spiritual comes to me, the very thing which Meletus ridiculed in his indictment.
but there is no way for you to persuade any man who has even a little sense that it is possible for the same person to believe in spiritual and divine existences and again for the same person not to believe in spirits or gods or heroes.
Or is it evident, according to the indictment you brought, that it is by teaching them not to believe in the gods the state believes in, but in other new spiritual beings?
Memorabilia
Socrates' personal claim that a deity gave him signs of guidance, cited as the specific belief that provoked the charge of introducing 'strange deities.'
that they are present everywhere, and grant signs to men of all that concerns man.
Indeed it had become notorious that Socrates claimed to be guided by the deity:
but he would have been thought both, had he proved to be mistaken when he alleged that his counsel was in accordance with divine revelation.
Symposium
Socrates' divine sign, mentioned as an excuse for refusing Antisthenes' attention.
at one time you refuse me audience on the pretext of your divine sign, at another time because you have some other purpose in mind.