Origen's Celsus and imperial Greek religiosity by Morgan, T

“…Celsus is important evidence for Middle Platonist thought over the nature of the demiurge. This paper argues that he identified the demiurge with an impersonal first principle, the form of the good. …”

Craftsmanship, teleology, and politics in Plato's 'Statesman' by Sorensen, A

“…However, before I turn to consider the Politicus itself, I provide a brief presentation of another Platonic craftsman, the demiurge of the <em>Timaeus</em>. As will be clear, the teleological structure, and the accompanying terminology, of his craftsmanship will mirror that of the true statesman and thus help us understand the latter’s political rule. …”

The Mutable, the Mythical, and the Managerial: Raven Narratives and the Anthropocene by Thornton, T, Thornton, P

“…By contrast, we find that in many indigenous and premodern narratives and myths disseminated across the North Pacific and East Asia, it is the trickster-demiurge Raven that is most closely linked to environmental change and adaptation. …”

Becoming Paul, becoming Christ: the Nag Hammadi "Apocalypse of Paul" (NHC v,2) in its Valentinian context by Twigg, M

“…On the other hand, Valentinians downgrade the biblical creator-God to the level of an imperfect demiurge, placing him in an inferior heavenly temple while supplanting the Pleroma atop him as the true spiritual temple housing the Father of Christ.…”

Creatio ex nihilo in Palestinian Judaism and early Christianity by Bockmuehl, M

“…Recent decades have witnessed a near-consensus of critical opinion (1) that the idea of God's creation of matter 'out of nothing' is not affirmed in scripture, but instead (2) originated in a second-century Christian reaction against Gnosticism's convictions about matter as evil and creation as the work of an inferior Demiurge. (3) Judaism's interest, by contrast, was generally deemed late and philosophically derivative or epiphenomenal upon Christian ideas. …”

Le Roman libertin au XVIIIe siècle by Hölzle, D

“…La fabrique de la fiction dans les correspondances libertines: le roué en démiurge<br/> 9. La scène épistolaire: le roué en représentation<br/> Conclusion<br/> Bibliographie<br/> Index<br/>…”

Diplomacy from below by Bernini, E

“…Yet, given the vacuum of traditional diplomacy on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, the Vietnamese fishermen and their families have to be the autonomous demiurgic of their rescue operations, negotiation and communication, with a wide array of ostensibly state and foreign governmental actors. …”