Apuleius

Of those things which are contained in Books II and III

Quoted briefly from his book 'De Mundo' regarding the instability and destruction of earthly things.

Book VIII: Natural Theology and the Platonists

Refuted for maintaining that demons should be worshipped as mediators.

XII

African Platonist, learned in Greek and Latin, who nevertheless thought rites should be performed to many gods.

XIV

Platonist of Madaura who wrote 'Concerning the God of Socrates,' arguing Socrates' familiar was a demon.

XV That the demons are not better than men because of their aerial bodies, or on account of their superior place of abode.

Cited for his statement that man is a terrestrial animal yet superior to aquatic animals, illustrating that soul quality transcends bodily element.

What Apuleius the Platonist thought concerning the manners and actions of demons

Augustine critiques Apuleius's definition of demons and their attributes.

Whether it is proper that men should worship those spirits from whose vices it is necessary that they be freed

Platonist who claimed demons are worthy of divine honors but admitted they are subject to anger and passions.

XVIII

Platonist philosopher who defended the role of demons as intermediaries between gods and men.

XIX

Platonic philosopher accused of magic arts; Augustine cites his defense to show the illegitimacy of such practices.

XXII That we must, notwithstanding the opinion of Apuleius, reject the worship of demons

Platonist philosopher whose opinion that demons are messengers between gods and men is rejected by Augustine.

XXIII

Mentioned as one who denies that demons are gods but places them as mediators between gods and men.

Chapter XXIV: Hermes' Confession of the Error of Making Gods

Mentioned as holding the Platonic opinion that demons are interpreters between gods and men, which Augustine refutes.

Book IX: The Mediation of Demons and the Unique Mediation of Christ

Platonist philosopher whose views on demons are critiqued; he attributes passions to demons but does not ascribe virtue to them.

III

The Platonist whose treatise on demons is critiqued for omitting spiritual virtues and depicting demons as subject to turbulent emotions.

Of the passions which, according to Apuleius, agitate the demons who are supposed by him to mediate between gods and men.

Augustine examines Apuleius's description of demons as mediators agitated by passions.

VII

Platonist philosopher who distinguishes between gods and demons, attributing poetical fictions to demons.

VIII

Defines demons as animals in nature, subject to passion, reasonable in mind, aerial in body, eternal in duration.

Of the three opposite qualities by which the Platonists distinguish between the nature of men and that of demons

Apuleius is cited as the Platonist source who described demons as intermediate between gods and men, though the chapter focuses on the extremes.

Chapter XIII: How the Demons Can Mediate Between Gods and Men if They Have Nothing in Common with Both

Platonist whose definition of demons is examined and found lacking in demonstrating their mediatory position.

XVI

Mentioned as a Platonist who describes visible gods.

IX

Mentioned as attributing passions and emotions to demons and men, but not to gods.

X

Mentioned as a less learned Platonist compared to Porphyry.

XXVII

Mentioned as a Platonist whose error is more tolerable than Porphyry's.

Chapter X: Of the falseness of the history which allots many thousand years to the world’s past.

Cited for his view that the human race is collectively immortal.

Chapter XVIII: On Demonic Transformations and the Need to Flee Babylon

Mentioned as author of 'The Golden Ass,' which tells of a man turned into an ass while retaining human mind.

Book XXII: The Eternal Blessedness of the City of God and the Resurrection of the Body

Mentioned as a pagan philosopher who testifies that pagan deities tremble before God.