The Demiurge in Ancient Thought
Carl Sean (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany) O'Brien
Cambridge University Press, 2018
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9781107428096
- ISBN-10
- 1107428092
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-11-08
- Pages
- 350
- Dimensions
- 241x229x20
- Weight
- 510