Mostly asking for the dialogues of Socrates where that notion appears. Iirc it is there in Timaios, but i would like to know (and not from wiki, due to its issues with such details) if it is there in other texts as well so as to have a look 
The Demiurge literally means 'public worker' (Demiourgos, from Demos and Ergon), and afaik was first used by Plato to signify a sort of lesser creator-being. The Gnostic theologians also used it, and for them (or some of them) the Demiurge was a lesser and evil deity, a sort of insane animal-like being, which tried to mimic the creation of the higher god, so instead produced the material realm.
It also is tied to a form of over-Satan in some theologies. Eg the Devil is set as a lower, but conscious, evil being, trapped in the material plane, while the Demiurge is above it, a sort of twin-existence but also distinct, and is non-conscious but higher in importance.
As usual i need to look into this for a short story (but might try to use it in my phil seminars too).
The Demiurge literally means 'public worker' (Demiourgos, from Demos and Ergon), and afaik was first used by Plato to signify a sort of lesser creator-being. The Gnostic theologians also used it, and for them (or some of them) the Demiurge was a lesser and evil deity, a sort of insane animal-like being, which tried to mimic the creation of the higher god, so instead produced the material realm.
It also is tied to a form of over-Satan in some theologies. Eg the Devil is set as a lower, but conscious, evil being, trapped in the material plane, while the Demiurge is above it, a sort of twin-existence but also distinct, and is non-conscious but higher in importance.
As usual i need to look into this for a short story (but might try to use it in my phil seminars too).
