demiurge
- Philosophy.
- Platonism.the artificer of the world.
- (in the Gnostic and certain other 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.
- (in many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate.
Origin of demiurge
Examples from the Web for demiurge
Historical Examples of demiurge
It was one of the forms symbolic of the Demiurge or Maker of our universe.
ScarabsIsaac Myer
The priests of the demiurge have made him known to you in their calumnies.
The Revolt of the AngelsAnatole France
The good are those who strive to fulfil the law of the demiurge.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)Adolph Harnack
The realm of his influence as a kind of Prometheus, or even as a demiurge, extends very far northwards.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1Andrew Lang
Pundjel, the Eagle Hawk, is the demiurge and "culture-hero" of several Australian tribes.
Ballades and Verses VainAndrew Lang
demiurge
- (in the philosophy of Plato) the creator of the universe
- (in Gnostic and some other philosophies) the creator of the universe, supernatural but subordinate to the Supreme Being
- (in ancient Greece) a magistrate with varying powers found in any of several states
Word Origin for demiurge
Word Origin and History for demiurge
1670s, from Latinized form of Greek demiourgos, literally "public or skilled worker" (from demos "common people;" see demotic + ergos "work;" see urge (v.)).
The title of a magistrate in some Peloponnesian city-states and the Achæan League; taken in Platonic philosophy as a name for the maker of the world. In the Gnostic system, "conceived as a being subordinate to the Supreme Being, and sometimes as the author of evil" [OED].