The demiurge in ancient thought: secondary gods and divine mediators

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,...

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Main Author:	O'Brien, Carl (Author)
Format:	Book/Monograph
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139871723
Subjects:	Philosophische Theologie Demiurg Antike
Online Access:	Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139871723
Author Notes:	Carl Séan O'Brien