What the answer doesn't explain about Socrates is that his daemon, according to his own telling, was constantly monitoring since childhood what he said and did,

What the answer doesn't explain about Socrates is that his daemon, according to his own telling, was constantly monitoring since childhood what he said and did, and would often warn him against saying and doing certain things. In philosophy, it is often pronounced (and written) "daimon," after the Greek, to avoid confusion with demons in Christian mythology.