stage 7
Level 7. Middle Platonism: The Development of Demonology
Students will examine the works of Plutarch of Chaeronea and Apuleius.
📖 8 cards reading✦ 4 question◷ ~20 min
Stage tree
Reading
The Transcendent God and the Problem of Evil
Reading
Plutarch of Chaeronea: Priest and Philosopher
Question
Test: Plutarch's Theology
Reading
Plutarch's Demonology
Reading
The Mechanism of Oracles
Question
Knowledge Check: Demons and Oracles
Reading
Apuleius of Madauros: The Philosopher in the Dock
Reading
Apuleius' Treatise 'On the God of Socrates'
Question
Test: Apuleius and Magic
Reading
"The Golden Ass" as an Esoteric Novel
Reading
Numenius of Apamea: The Forerunner of Neoplatonism
Question
Final Test: Middle Platonism