demiurge
pronunciation
How to pronounce demiurge in British English:
UK [ˈdemiɜ:dʒ]
How to pronounce demiurge in American English:
US [ˈdemiɜrdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
Word Origin
- demiurge (n.)
- 1670s, from Latinized form of Greek demiourgos, literally "public or skilled worker" (from demos "common people;" see demotic + ergos "work;" see organ). The title of a magistrate in some Peloponnesian city-states and the Achæan League; taken in Platonic philosophy as a name for the maker of the world. In the Gnostic system, "conceived as a being subordinate to the Supreme Being, and sometimes as the author of evil" [OED].
Example
- 1. Gnostics believe that sophia and the father god ( not the demiurge ) sent yeshua to right this wrong .
- 2. Historically , the entity ariel was often pictured in mysticism as a lion-headed deity or demon with power over the earth , giving a strong foundation for ariel 's association with the demiurge .
- 3. There is a god of craftsman , demiurge .
- 4. She was a demiurge , who saved the uk by reviving the animal spirits of the middle classes : a world-historical figure , who helped ronald reagan to win the cold war , because they both believed that it could be won .
- 5. Esoteric christianity doesn 't typically support the theory of the demiurge . It believes that creation is inherently good , and as such so is the creator .