Basilides of Tyre

Basilides of Tyre was a Gnostic philosopher and teacher who lived in the early second century CE, around the time of early Christianity. He is best known for founding the Basilidian school of thought, which was a significant Gnostic sect. Basilides' teachings emphasized a dualistic worldview, positing a distinction between the supreme, unknowable God and lesser divine beings or archons responsible for the creation and governance of the material world.