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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Death is the work of the imperfect Demiurge.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
Demiurge regarded as hostile to God by some Gnostics, 558-m.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
Meddle too much, and the Demiurge who set the machine going turns sulky and stops working.
From Sir George Tressady — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Whilst, according to all the Gnostics, the Demiurge, or maker of this world, is far inferior to the Supreme Deity, these system-builders were by no means agreed as to his position and his functions.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)
Even as the illimitable ichor of star-dust, the mysterious Demiurge of the Universe, keeps the suns and planets to their orbitary revolutions, so must environment mark the Fas and Nefas of Genius.
From The Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor by Irwin, Wallace
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