On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 02:19:58PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:03, Roger Leigh <roger@whinlatter.uklinux.net> wrote:
> > > What would be unacceptable about it, and why is it only a "borderline"
> > > case? What would push it over the borderline?
> >
> > Demons are evil, and the BSD mascot is a demon (albeit a stylised
>
> Below is the first definition provided by the "dict daemon" command in
> Debian.
>
> From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
>
> Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
> spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
> 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
> middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
> [1913 Webster]
I have no opinion either way, but, just to be fair, the full entry from
Webster's 1913 is:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between
the divine and the human. --Sydenham.
2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the
demon of Socrates. [Often written {d[ae]mon}.]
3. An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak.
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