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===Platonic demiurge===
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[[Plato]], in his dialogue [[Timaeus (dialogue)|''Timaeus'']], describes a creation myth involving a being called the [[demiurge]] ({{lang|grc|δημιουργός}} "craftsman"). [[Neoplatonism]] and [[Gnosticism]] continued and developed this concept. In Neoplatonism, the demiurge represents the second cause or [[dyad (Greek philosophy)|dyad]], after the [[Monad (Greek philosophy)|monad]]. In Gnostic [[Dualistic cosmology|dualism]], the demiurge is an imperfect spirit and possibly an evil being, transcended by divine Fullness ([[Pleroma]]). Unlike the Abrahamic God, Plato's demiurge is unable to create [[ex-nihilo]].