Plato, as the speaker Timaeus, refers to the Demiurge frequently in the Socratic dialogue Timaeus (28a ff.)"Originally the story of Sophia and the creation of the demiurge came from Plato and the canonical books of Plato" Citation please: Book and Verse.Originally the story of Sophia and the creation of the demiurge came from Plato and the canonical books of Plato which were preserved by the apostolic succession within the academy of Plato. The authors of books like the Secret Book of John in the Nag Hammadi Library combined and acclimatized the Platonic accounts with the (Christian) biblical accounts. The question is when.
A Neo-Platonist philosophy was revived in the 3rd century under Plotinus who is regarded alongside Plato and Aristotle as one of the three greatest philosophers from antiquity. This 3rd century revival of Platonism actually received imperial sponsorship through the emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus. Porphyry published the philosophical literature attributed to Plotinus.wiki tells us (consensus accepts) that the Platonic Academy was destroyed by the Roman dictator Sulla in 86 BC.
When the Neoplatonic Academy in Athens was closed by the Emperor Justinian in 529 CE, Platonism ceased to be a living philosophy. But before that it was alive and well under the neo-Platonists.
Most scholars acknowledge the presence of Neo-Platonic influence in at least some of the tracts within the NHL. See: Possible Historical Allusions in the Nag Hammadi Library
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