Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 The City Of God: Books 9 - 22 Book IX Summary. The Platonists distinguish the good demons from bad demons. Augustine argues that there does not exist any way for the human soul to reach God through any demon. The demons allegedly are responsible for the passions and evil which the poets attribute falsely to the gods. The gods live in heaven, while the demons dwell in the air and on earth. Evidently, they cannot serve in any capacity as a mediator between the gods and man. Comment. It is interesting that Augustine does not argue empirically against Apuleius. Rather than...
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