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The demiurge in ancient thought : secondary gods and divine mediators /
Examines religious and 'scientific'/philosophical accounts of world-generation as represented by the figure of the Demiurge (Craftsman-god).
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Another interpretationProclus; Pleroma and noetic cosmos; 11 Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Ancient sources: editions, translations, commentary; Secondary works; Index; Index locorum.