Demiurge | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 08/01/2019

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00:02:25 1 Platonism and neoplatonism
00:03:27 1.1 Middle Platonism
00:03:49 1.2 Neoplatonism
00:04:46 1.2.1 Henology
00:08:00 1.2.2 Iamblichus
00:10:08 2 Gnosticism
00:11:04 2.1 Mythos
00:13:07 2.2 Angels
00:15:28 2.3 Yaldabaoth
00:18:49 2.3.1 Names
00:22:18 2.4 Marcion
00:23:16 2.5 Valentinus
00:26:03 2.6 The devil
00:28:22 2.7 Cathars
00:29:00 3 Neoplatonism and Gnosticism
00:29:30 3.1 Plotinus
00:34:48 4 See also



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In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge () is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. The Gnostics adopted the term "demiurge". Although a fashioner, the demiurge is not necessarily the same as the creator figure in the monotheistic sense, because the demiurge itself and the material from which the demiurge fashions the universe are both considered to be consequences of something else. Depending on the system, they may be considered to be either uncreated and eternal or the product of some other entity.
The word "demiurge" is an English word derived from demiurgus, a Latinized form of the Greek δημιουργός or dēmiourgos. It was originally a common noun meaning "craftsman" or "artisan", but gradually came to mean "producer", and eventually "creator". The philosophical usage and the proper noun derive from Plato's Timaeus, written c. 360 BC, where the demiurge is presented as the creator of the universe. The demiurge is also described as a creator in the Platonic (c. 310–90 BC) and Middle Platonic (c. 90 BC – AD 300) philosophical traditions. In the various branches of the Neoplatonic school (third century onwards), the demiurge is the fashioner of the real, perceptible world after the model of the Ideas, but (in most Neoplatonic systems) is still not itself "the One". In the arch-dualist ideology of the various Gnostic systems, the material universe is evil, while the non-material world is good. According to some strains of Gnosticism, the demiurge is malevolent, as it is linked to the material world. In others, including the teaching of Valentinus, the demiurge is simply ignorant or misguided.