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Marguerite Porete (parfois nommée Marguerite Porrette, Marguerite Porette ou la Porette) est une béguine et femme de lettres mystique, née vers 1250, brûlée en place de Grève (à Paris, France) le 1er juin 1310 avec son livre Le Miroir des âmes simples.

Marguerite Porete (died 1310) was a French beguine, mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of Christian spirituality dealing with the workings of Divine Love. She was burnt at the stake for heresy in Paris in 1310.

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	Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls 4.06 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 1300 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE MIRROR OF SIMPLE SOULS: A Modern Restoration of Marguerite Porete’s Teachings on Releasing Fear, Letting Go of Control, and Resting in Divine Love by Marguerite Porete, Julian Rowe (Editor), Clare Kirchberger (Translator) 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror of Simple Souls really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror of Simple Souls By Marguerite Porete In Plain English by Marguerite Porete, Ben Kucenski (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Espejo de las Almas Simples Por Marguerite Porete En español by Marguerite Porete, Ben Kucenski (Goodreads Author) (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marguerite Porete: Textauswahl und Kommentar von Gerhard Wehr (Die Mystiker-Reihe) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror of Simple Souls by Marguerite Porete, HTTP //Evelynunderhill Org/ Evelyn Underhill 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[The Mirror of Simple Souls (Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture)] [Author: Margaret Porette] [May, 1999] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE MIRROR OF SIMPLE SOULS: A Modern Restoration of Marguerite Porete’s Teachings on Releasing Fear, Letting Go of Control, and Resting in Divine Love by Marguerite Porete, Julian A. Rowe (Editor), Clare Kirchberger (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror of Simple Souls: Unabridged and Illustrated Book by Marguerite Porete by Marguerite Porete, Clare Kirchberger (Editor), Anonymous (M. N.) (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Reason, you'll always be half-blind.”
― Marguerite Porete

tags: feminism, medieval, reason

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“Theologians and other clerks,
You won't understand this book,
-- However bright your wits --
If you do not meet it humbly,
And in this way, Love and Faith
Make you surmount Reason, for
They are the protectors of Reason's house. ”
― Marguerite Porete

tags: bible, feminism, interpretation, medieval, mystic, religion, theology

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“They have no shame, no honor, no fear for what is to
come. They are secure, says Love. Their doors are open. No one can harm them.”
― Marguerite Porete, Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls

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