Note 323 — Chapter VIII
Reading edition
De Defectu, 415 B, C. In the De Facie quæ apparet the connexion between mankind and the dæmons in described in similar terms to those employed in the De Dæmonio Socratis. The Dæmons do not spend all their time on the moon; they take charge of oracles, assist at initiatory rites, punish evildoers, help men in battle and at sea, and for any want of fairness or competence in the discharge of these duties they are punished by being driven again to earth to enter human bodies once more (944 D; cf. 944 C).