demiurge
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Philosophy.
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Platonism. the artificer of the world.
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(in the Gnostic and certain other belief systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
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(in many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate.
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(in the philosophy of Plato) the creator of the universe
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(in Gnostic and some other philosophies) the creator of the universe, supernatural but subordinate to the Supreme Being
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(in ancient Greece) a magistrate with varying powers found in any of several states
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Etymology
Origin of demiurge
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Greek dēmiourgós “a worker for the people, public worker, skilled worker,” equivalent to dḗmio(s) “of the people, public” + -ergos “a worker,” derivative of érgon work ( )
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Demiurge, the Artificer and Governor of the World, 557-l.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
The Fathers everywhere argue on behalf of the Gnostic Demiurge and against the Gnostic supreme God.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
Another Power, called the Demiurge, was now produced, who, out of the materials already in existence, fashioned the present world.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)
We may speculate whether it is not what the wiser among the Gnostics meant by the Demiurge, but since the Christians destroyed all the Gnostic books that must remain a mere curious guess.
From God the Invisible King by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Demiurge, the framer of this lower world, 557-l.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
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