Demiurge
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δημιουργός (Dēmiourgós), see demiurge.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdɛmɪɜːdʒ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdɛmɪˌɝd͡ʒ/
Proper noun
Demiurge
- (Platonism) The subordinate being that fashions the perceptible world in the light of eternal ideas.
- (Gnosticism) A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible.
- 2001, Hans Jonas, The Gnostic Religion: The message of the alien God, page 191:
- For the rest, we meet in the Demiurge of the Valentinians all the traits of the world-god with which we have by now become familiar and can therefore deal here very briefly
Translations
subordinate deity
Inferior creator deity in Gnosticism
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