I. The corpus Apuleianum

1. Apuleius as a translator/adapter

a) Translation or adaptation

b) Apuleius as a reader of Greek

c) Genre

d) Genuine and spurious works

a') 'Peri hermêneias'

b') 'Asclepius'

II. The chronological puzzle

1. Evidence

2. Surmise

III. Apuleius and his audience

1. Apuleius' self-portrait

a) The evidence of the 'Apology' and 'Florida'

b) The evidence of the other works

a') 'De deo Socratis'

b') 'De Platone et eius dogmate'

c') 'De mundo'

2. Apuleius' audience and readers

a) Audiences and readers mentioned in the extant works

b) (Near) contemporary readers

IV. The shape of Apuleius' Platonism

1. Theology

a) The supreme god

b) The other gods

a') The anima mundi

b') Caelicolae

c') Daemones

c) Potestas, providence, fate, and fortune

2. Time

3. The structure of the soul

a) Tripartition of the soul

b) Animus and daemon; animus released from the body

c) Soul and body; disease

d) The terminology

4. Health and disease

5. Speech and music

6. Good, mediocre, and evil man

a) The good man

b) The mediocre man

c) The evil man

V. Conclusion