demiurge
Sign in to saveIn the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the Demiurge () is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. Various schools of Gnostics adopted the term demiurge.
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The Demiurge is a figure in ancient Greek philosophy—particularly in Plato and related schools—conceived as a craftsman-like being who created and sustains the physical world. The concept was also adopted by Gnostic thinkers, making it significant in both classical philosophy and early religious thought.
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- Plato and the ''Timaeus''
- Gnosticism
- Yaldabaoth
- Names
- Marcion
- Valentinus
- Devil
- Platonism
- Middle Platonism
- Plotinus
- Henology
- Plotinus' ''Against the Gnostics''
- Iamblichus
- Later representations
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the Demiurge () is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. Various schools of Gnostics adopted the term demiurge.
Although a fashioner, the demiurge is not necessarily the same as the creator figure in the monotheistic sense, because the demiurge itself and the material from which the demiurge fashions the universe are both considered consequences of something else. Depending on the system, they may be considered either uncreated and eternal or the product of some other entity. Some of these systems are monotheistic, while others are henotheistic or polytheistic.