Demiurge

Demiurge

See also: demiurge and démiurge

English

Alternative forms

• Demiurgos (Grecian)
• Demiurgus (Latinate)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημιουργός (Dēmiourgós).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɪɜːdʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmɪˌɝdʒ/

Proper noun

Demiurge

1. (Platonism) The subordinate being that fashions the perceptible world in the light of eternal ideas.
2. (Gnosticism) A prideful, inferior being that creates the material world; frequently identified with the creator God of the Hebrew Bible.
   • 2001, Hans Jonas, The Gnostic Religion: The message of the alien God, page 191:

     For the rest, we meet in the Demiurge of the Valentinians all the traits of the world-god with which we have by now become familiar and can therefore deal here very briefly

Translations

subordinate deity

Catalan: demiürg (ca) m Finnish: demiurgi (fi) Greek: δημιουργός (el) m (dimiourgós)

Norwegian: demiurg m Russian: Демиу́рг (ru) m (Demiúrg)

Inferior creator deity in Gnosticism

Catalan: demiürg (ca) m Esperanto: Demiurgo Finnish: demiurgi (fi) French: démiurge (fr) m German: Demiurg (de) m Greek: δημιουργός (el) m (dimiourgós) Hebrew: בורא עולם‎

Italian: demiurgo (it) m Japanese: デミウルゴス (demiurugosu) Norwegian: demiurg m Portuguese: demiurgo (pt) m Russian: Демиу́рг (ru) m (Demiúrg) Slovene: demiúrg m Spanish: demiurgo m