The Demiurge in Ancient Thought: Secondary Gods and Divine Mediators
Author:   Carl Séan O'Brien (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   349
Publication Date:   08 November 2018
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Author:   Carl Séan O'Brien (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781107428096


ISBN 10:   1107428092
Pages:   349
Publication Date:   08 November 2018
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1. 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.

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Carl Séan O'Brien is Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg and Research Associate in the Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition at Trinity College Dublin.

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