Daimon Theory
Today is allegedly the anniversary of the canonization, in 1622, of two rather important members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits):
Ignatius Loyola…
Click here for Loyola’s legacy of strategic intelligence.
Francis Xavier…
Click here for Xavier’s legacy of strategic stupidity.
We can thank (or blame) a Jesuit (Gerard Manley Hopkins) for the poetic phrase “immortal diamond.” He may have been influenced by Plato, who has Socrates using a diamond figure in an argument for the immortality of the soul. Confusingly, Socrates also talked about his “daimon” (pronounced dye-moan). Combining these similar-sounding concepts, we have Doctor Stephen A. Diamond writing about daimons — a choice of author and topic that neatly combines the strategic intelligence of Loyola with the strategic stupidity of Xavier.
The cover illustration is perhaps not of Dr. Diamond himself.
A link between diamond theory and daimon theory is furnished by the charitable legacy of the non-practicing Jew Walter Annenberg.
For Annenberg and diamond theory, see this site on the elementary geometry of quilt blocks, which credits the Annenberg Foundation for support.
For Annenberg and daimon theory, see this site on Socrates, which has a similar Annenberg support credit.
Advanced disciples of Annenberg can learn much from the Perseus site about daimon theory. Let us pray that Abrahamic religious bigotry does not stand in their way. Less advanced disciples of Annenberg may find fulfillment in teaching children the beauty of elementary 4×4 quilt-block symmetry. Let us pray that academic bigotry does not prevent these same children, when they have grown older, from learning the deeper, and more difficult, beauties of diamond theory.
