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.
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