demiurge

Speech parts

1. demiurge - Noun

2. Demiurge - Proper noun

Meaning

The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states.

God, as the Maker of the world.

According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.

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Examples

Gnosticism holds that the world is controlled by evil archons, one of whom is the demiurge, according to some the deity of the Old Testament (YHWH) who holds the human spirit captive. Source: Internet

He accused Gnosticism of vilifying the Demiurge, or craftsman that crafted the material world, and even of thinking that the material world is evil, or a prison. Source: Internet

But Yaldabaoth, the Demiurge, with the material world, will be cast into the lower depths. Source: Internet

Iamblichus seeAlso Later, the Neoplatonist Iamblichus changed the role of the "One", effectively altering the role of the Demiurge as second cause or dyad, which was one of the reasons that Iamblichus and his teacher Porphyry came into conflict. Source: Internet

In contrast to this, the Platonic tradition's Demiurge is above all else a technician." Source: Internet

In creating this world out of Chaos the Demiurge was unconsciously influenced for good; and the universe, to the surprise even of its Maker, became almost perfect. Source: Internet

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