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001 2015304468
003 DLC
005 20150822101915.0
008 150506s2015 enk b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9781107075368$q(hardback)
020 $a110707536X$q(hardback)
020 $a9781107428096$q(paperback)
020 $a1107428092$q(paperback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn889736808
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050 00 $aB111$b.O27 2015
084 $a08.21$2bcl
100 1 $aO'Brien, Carl Sean,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe demiurge in ancient thought :$bsecondary gods and divine mediators /$cCarl Séan O'Brien.
264 1 $aCambridge, United Kingdom :$bCambridge University Press,$c2015.
300 $axv, 333 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncluded bibliographic references (pages 310-326) and indexes.
520 $aHow 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.
650 0 $aPhilosophy, Ancient.
650 0 $aCreation.
650 7 $aPhilosophy, Ancient.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01060860
650 7 $aDemiurg.$2gnd$0(DE-588)4149057-5
650 7 $aMetaphysik.$2gnd$0(DE-588)4038936-4
650 7 $aAltertum.$2gnd$0(DE-588)4001480-0
650 17 $aDemiurg.$2gtt$0(NL-LeOCL)078481724
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015304468-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015304468-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015304468-t.html