Plato: The Timaeus and the Architect of Reality
The Demiurge in Plato’s Timaeus: The Divine Craftsman of the Cosmos Plato: The Timaeus, written around 360 BCE, presents one of the most enduring metaphysical frameworks of Western thought. Within this dialogue, the figure of the The Demiurge (Dēmiourgos, meaning “public worker” or “craftsman”) emerges as the divine architect who imposes order upon chaos,…