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Definition of Demiurge
1. Noun. A subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe.
Definition of Demiurge
1. n. The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states.
Definition of Demiurge
1. Proper noun. (context Platonism) The subordinate being that fashions the perceptible world in the light of eternal ideas. ¹
2. Proper noun. (gnosticism) A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible. ¹
3. Noun. Something (as an institution, idea, or individual) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demiurge
1. a magistrate of ancient Greece [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demiurge
Literary usage of Demiurge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1855)
"The doctrine of the Paulicians, as it is described,1 viz. that the evil spirit
or the demiurge sprang into existence out of darkness and fire, may doubtless ..."
2. Studies on the Neoplatonist Hierocles by Ilsetraut Hadot (2004)
"If the demiurge is identified with the tetrad, it is, of course, ... The demiurge
thus occupies a median position; that is, it represents a median ..."
3. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"The Work of the demiurge perishable. And in addition to these [points, they lay
down] that the demiurge of the supernal Ogdoad, desirous of imitating the ..."
4. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies, Bernhard Pick (1903)
"For, after he had made the world, the demiurge turns his hands to man, ...
Thus does the demiurge mould вш as a potter does his clay, and animates him with ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"The demiurge will then go to the intermediate place hitherto occupied by ...
It comes from the demiurge, and is distinct from the pneumatic seed. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The demiurge himself did not suspect who the stranger was ; nevertheless he ...
To make amends for this crime, the demiurge had now to deliver up to the ..."
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