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demiurge

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

demiurge [Gr.,=workman, craftsman], name given by Plato in a mythological passage in the Timaeus to the creator God. In Gnosticism the Demiurge, creator of the material world, was not God but the Archon, or chief of the lowest order of spirits or aeons. According to the Gnostics, the Demiurge was able to endow man only with psyche (sensuous soul)—the pneuma (rational soul) having been added by God. The Gnostics identified the Demiurge with the Jehovah of the Hebrews. In philosophy the term is used to denote a divinity who is the builder of the universe rather than its creator.

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Demiurge

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Demiurge. The English form of a Greek word meaning ‘craftsman’, used of the Divine Being by Plato in his account of the formation of the visible world, and so by Christian writers of God as the Creator of all things. The Gnostics used the word disparagingly of the inferior deity to whom they ascribed the origin of the material universe, distinguishing him from the supreme God.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Demiurge." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Demiurge

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Demiurge (Gk., dēmiourgos, ‘craftsman’). The divine being in Plato's account (in Timaeus) of the formation of the visible world. In gnostic thought, it was used disparagingly of the inferior deity who created the material universe, distinguished from the supreme God.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Demiurge." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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demiurge

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

demiurge creator of the world (in Platonism). XIX (earlier in L. form). — ecclL. dēmiūrgus — Gr. dēmiourgós handicraftsman, artisan, etc., f. dḗmios public + *erg- WORK.

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T. F. HOAD. "demiurge." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "demiurge." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-demiurge.html

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demiurge

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

demiurge •converge, dirge, diverge, emerge, merge, purge, scourge, serge, splurge, spurge, submerge, surge, urge, verge •demiurge • upsurge • dramaturge •thaumaturge

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	Every man a demiurge: a matrix of your own. Magazine article from: Reason; 2/1/2004
	Pierre Bruneau: peintre demiurge (Viens) (exposition). Magazine article from: Etc. Montreal; 3/1/2001
	Every Man a Demiurge.(Letters) Magazine article from: Reason; 5/1/2004