3) 신플라톤주의자. Demiurge 의미는 ‘이데아’를 본떠 현실 세계의 형태를 만드는 사람. (fashioner). Demiurge 창조자 뜻은 ‘신적인 이성 ; 누스 nous’이다. “하나임 the One”의 최초 해방자.
4) Gnosticism (영지주의. 靈智 주의) 노시스 체계에서 demiurge 는 나쁜 물질 세계의 창조자. (Gnosticism= 소수 특정 집단만이 이해하는 영적 진리의 지식)
노스티시즘의 구별. 최고의 신과 물질세계의 창조자를 구별. A.최상의, 알 수 없는 신 혹은 최상의 존재 B. 물질 세계의 ‘demiurgic’ 창조자. 노스티시즘에 따르면, Demiurge 는 최상의 존재의 의지에 ‘적대적’이다.
윌리엄 블레이크의 " 고대 Ancient of Days" 를 '세계 창조자'라고 해석하기도 한다.
William Blake's "Ancient of Days" has been interpreted by some as a depiction of the Demiurge.
noun
demi·urge ˈde-mē-ˌərj
1
capitalized
a – 플라톤의 ‘이데아’를 본떠서 감각 세계를 만드는 부(副) 혹은 部下(부하) 신.
: a Platonic subordinate deity who fashions the sensible world in the light of eternal ideas
b-부사령관 신.
: a Gnostic subordinate deity who is the creator of the material world
2 – 자율적인 창조적인 힘 혹은 결정적인 힘
: one that is an autonomous creative force or decisive power
demiurgic
ˈde-mē-ˌər-jik
adjective
or less commonly demiurgical
ˈde-mē-ˌər-ji-kəl
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In the Platonic school of philosophy, the Demiurge is a deity who fashions the physical world in the light of eternal ideas. In the Timaeus, Plato credits the Demiurge with taking preexisting materials of chaos and arranging them in accordance with the models of eternal forms. Nowadays, the word demiurge can refer to the individual or group chiefly responsible for a creative idea, as in "the demiurge behind the new hit TV show." Demiurge derives, via Late Latin, from Greek dēmiourgos, meaning "artisan," or "one with special skill." The demi- part of the word comes from the Greek noun dēmos, meaning "people"; the second part comes from the word for worker, ergon. Despite its appearance, it is unrelated to the word urge.
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As revealed in Jann Wenner’s new course correct of a memoir, Like a Rolling Stone, the music-magazine demiurge and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame co-founder appears to harbor some anger about Irving Azoff getting inducted into the Hall in 2020, the year after Wenner retired as chairman.
—Vulture, 13 Sep. 2022
The upshot is a channelling of sheer, visionary imagination, as if the artist were taking dictation from an unseen demiurge.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
So maybe the simulator is a little bit like a demiurge.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin dēmiurgus, borrowed from Greek dēmiourgós, literally, "master of a craft, artisan" (Homeric dēmioergós "one skilled in an art or craft that benefits the community"), contraction of *dēmioworgos, from dḗmios "of the people, public" (adjective derivative of dêmos "people") + *-worgos, ablaut derivative of Indo-European *u̯erǵ- "make, bring about" (whence, as a nominal derivative, Greek érgon "work") — more at DEMO-, WORK entry 1
