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1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-326) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Demiurgy and other approaches to world-generation; The theoretical background; Influence of the Stoic Logos; The Christian aspect; Thinkers investigated and criteria for selection; 2 Plato's Timaeus, the original concept of the Demiurge and the exegesis of the dialogue; The Timaeus; The Demiurge of the Platonic dialogues; Aristotle and the Old Academy; Interpretations of the Timaeus: first to third centuries AD; Modern approaches to the Timaeus. |
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3 Logos into Demiurge: Philo of Alexandria as witness to developments in contemporary PlatonismIntroduction; The Forms; The Logos and the Logos-Cutter; De Opificio Mundi; The mechanism of creation; The creation of Man; Matter; De Aeternitate Mundi; Conclusion; 4 Plutarch and the Demiurge of Egyptian mythology; Introduction; Plutarch's religious development; The Demiurge and the Forms; Plutarch's response to Stoic physics; De Iside et Osiride; Quaestiones Convivales; Other texts; De Animae Procreatione in Timaeo; Conclusion; 5 A simplified understanding of God: Maximus of Tyre; Introduction. |
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Oration IIConflicting concepts of the Demiurge in Maximus; Limits imposed upon the Demiurge; Unity of the divine; Conclusion; 6 Numenius and his doctrine of three gods; Introduction; The First Principle; The Demiurge and his relationship with the First God; Matter; Conclusion; 7 On the fringes of philosophy: Speculations in Hermetism; Introduction; The Poimandres; The mechanics of demiurgy; Other texts; CH VIII and IX; CH X; Asclepius; Conclusion; 8 The ignorant Demiurge: Valentinus and the Gnostics; Introduction; The origins of Valentinian Gnosticism; The life and works of Valentinus. |
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Another interpretationProclus; Pleroma and noetic cosmos; 11 Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Ancient sources: editions, translations, commentary; Secondary works; Index; Index locorum. |
| Summary |
Examines religious and 'scientific'/philosophical accounts of world-generation as represented by the figure of the Demiurge (Craftsman-god). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient. |
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Creation.
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Creation. |
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creating (artistic activity) |
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107075368 |
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Print version: Demiurge in Ancient Thought. Cambridge Univ Pr 2015 9781107075368 (OCoLC)889736808 |
| ISBN |
9781139871723 (electronic book) |
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1139871722 (electronic book) |
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9781316248225 (electronic book) |
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1316248224 (electronic book) |
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9781316234983 |
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1316234983 |
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9781107075368 (hardback) |
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9781107428096 (paperback) |
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