Meaning & use
Demiurge
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In certain philosophical and religious systems, a being or force responsible for creating and shaping the physical world.
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In Gnostic thought, the demiurge is often depicted as a flawed or lesser divine craftsman.
Plato used the term demiurge to describe the divine artisan who orders the universe.
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From Greek "demiourgos," meaning "craftsman" or "public worker"; central to Platonic and Gnostic cosmology.
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