单词 | demiurgic |
释义 | demiurgicadj. Of or pertaining to the Demiurge or his work; creative. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [adjective] > relating to Gnostic Demiurge demiurgical1601 demiurgic1678 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Proclus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 304 Amelius..supposeth These three Minds and Demiurgick Principles of his, to be both the same with Plato's Three Kings and with Orpheus his Trinity. 1793 T. Taylor in Plato Timæus Introd. 370 He places over the universe a demiurgic intellect and an intelligible cause. 1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations I. ii. 63 Adam will have been created, in the course of the sixth demiurgic day. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech i. 15 That the creation was the result of a fiat articulately spoken by the demiurgic voice. 1879 J. J. Young Ceramic Art 86 The scarabæus was the emblem of the demiurgic god Phtha. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1678 |
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