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Demiurge in Ancient Thought : Secondary Gods and Divine Mediators by Carl Séan O'Brien (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107428092
ISBN-139781107428096
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038912829
Product Key Features
Number of Pages349 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDemiurge in Ancient Thought : Secondary Gods and Divine Mediators
Publication Year2018
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
TypeTextbook
AuthorCarl Séan O'brien
Subject AreaPhilosophy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2015-304468
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal184
Table Of Content1. Demiurgy and other approaches to world-generation; 2. Plato's Timaeus, the original concept of the Demiurge and the exegesis of the dialogue; 3. Logos into Demiurge: Philo of Alexandria as witness to developments in contemporary Platonism; 4. Plutarch and the Demiurge of Egyptian mythology; 5. A simplified understanding of God: Maximus of Tyre; 6. Numenius and his doctrine of three Gods; 7. On the fringes of philosophy: speculations in Hermetism; 8. The ignorant Demiurge: Valentinus and the Gnostics; 9. Origen, the Demiurge and Christian theology; 10. Plotinus and the demise of the Demiurge; 11. Concluding remarks.
SynopsisHow 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., A lucid and wide-ranging book arguing that the concept of the Demiurge, or Craftsman-god, first advanced by Plato's Timaeus, was highly influential on the many discussions of world-generation operating in Middle Platonist, Gnostic, Hermetic and Christian contexts in the first three centuries AD, until its demise in Neoplatonism.
LC Classification NumberB111.O27 2015
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