Description
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 term was adopted by the Gnostics. 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 considered to be the product of some other entity.
Author: Thomas M. Disch
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: 05/01/2011
Pages: 18
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.04d
ISBN13: 9781606644447
ISBN10: 1606644440
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal
- Fiction | Classics