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Plato, as the speaker Timaeus, refers to the Demiurge frequently in the Socratic dialogue Timaeus (28a ff.), c. 360 BC. The main character refers to the Demiurge as the entity who "fashioned and shaped" the material world. Timaeus describes the Demiurge as unreservedly benevolent, and so it desires a world as good as possible. The result of his ...
Timaeus suggests that since nothing "becomes or changes" without cause, then the cause of the universe must be a demiurge or a god, a figure Timaeus refers to as the father and maker of the universe. And since the universe is fair, the demiurge must have looked to the eternal model to make it, and not to the perishable one (29a).
The Charmides (/ ˈ k ɑːr m ɪ d iː z /; Ancient Greek: Χαρμίδης) is a dialogue of Plato, in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy named Charmides in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as "temperance," "self-control," or "restraint."
Plato's Timaeus describes this living cosmos as being built by the demiurge, [2] constructed to be self-identical and intelligible to reason, [3] according to a rational pattern expressed in mathematical principles and Pythagorean ratios describing the structure of the cosmos, and particularly the motions of the seven classical planets. [4]
Concerning the cosmos, in the Timaeus, the title character also tells a "likely story" in which nous is responsible for the creative work of the demiurge or maker who brought rational order to our universe. This craftsman imitated what he perceived in the world of eternal Forms.
Demiurg may refer to: . Demiurge, the deity responsible for the creation of the physical universe and the physical aspect of humanity in some belief systems; Demiurg (Warhammer 40,000), an alien species in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe
Here are the 19 quotes from which the 11-year-old correctly identified the characters: Quotes. 1. Dobby is used to death threats sir. Dobby gets them five times a day at home. 2. I want to commit ...
This figure is commonly known as the demiurge, the "artisan" or "craftsman", after the figure in Plato's Timaeus. [note 6] Sophia at first hides this being but subsequently escapes, stealing a portion of divine power from her in the process. The Yaldabaoth uses this stolen power to create a material world imitating the divine Pleroma.