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03347aam a2200445 i 4500 001 C105386C1E3F11EAA58222FC96128E48 003 SILO 005 20191214010106 008 140828s2018 enk b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2015304468 020 $a 1107428092 020 $a 9781107428096 035 $a (OCoLC)889736808 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCF $d WAU $d NLGGC $d TEU $d DGU $d OCL $d DLC $d S3O $d SAV $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a B111 $b .O27 2018 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/B1-B5802 050 14 $a B532.C74 $b O37 2018 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/B1-B5802 082 04 $a 180 $2 23 084 $a 08.21 $2 bcl 100 1 $a O'Brien, Carl Sean, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015022033 245 14 $a The demiurge in ancient thought : $b secondary gods and divine mediators / $c Carl SeÌan O'Brien. 250 $a First paperback edition. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xv, 333 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Included bibliographic references (pages 310-326) and indexes. 520 $a How was the world generated and how does matter continue to be ordered so that the world can continue functioning? Questions like these have existed as long as humanity has been capable of rational thought. In antiquity, Plato's Timaeus introduced the concept of the Demiurge, or Craftsman-god, to answer them. This lucid and wide-ranging book argues that the concept of the Demiurge was highly influential on the many discussions operating in Middle Platonist, Gnostic, Hermetic and Christian contexts in the first three centuries AD. It explores key metaphysical problems such as the origin of evil, the relationship between matter and the First Principle and the deployment of ever-increasing numbers of secondary deities to insulate the First Principle from the sensible world. It also focuses on the decreasing importance of demiurgy in Neoplatonism, with its postulation of procession and return. 505 0 $a Demiurgy and other approaches to world-generation -- Plato's Timaeus, the original concept of the Demiurge and the exegesis of the dialogue -- Logos into Demiurge : Philo of Alexandria as witness to developments in contemporary Platonism -- Plutarch and the Demiurge of Egyptian mythology -- A simplified understanding of God : Maximus of Tyre -- Numenius and his doctrine of three gods -- On the fringes of philosophy : speculations of Hermetism -- The ignorant Demiurge : Valentinus and Gnostics -- Origen, the Demiurge and Christian theology -- Plotinus and the demise of the Demiurge. 650 0 $a Philosophy, Ancient. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100861 650 0 $a Creation. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85033823 650 7 $a Demiurg. $0 (DE-588)4149057-5 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Metaphysik. $0 (DE-588)4038936-4 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Altertum. $0 (DE-588)4001480-0 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Creation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00882382 650 7 $a Philosophy, Ancient. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01060860 650 17 $a Demiurg. $2 gtt $0 (NL-LeOCL)078481724 650 7 $a Platonism. $2 sao 650 7 $a Gudar. $2 sao 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214020904.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C105386C1E3F11EAA58222FC96128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search