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Mystische Schriften
"Mystische Schriften" stellt eine Auswahl dessen dar, was von Meister Eckhart auf uns gekommen ist. Der große theologische Lehrer zeigt sich hier ebensosehr als Erkenntnistheoretiker und Kritiker wie als Mystiker. Eckhart löst die Welt und Gott in dem auf, was er manchmal Gottheit nennt, was unaussprechbar ist, was aber jenseits von Zeit, Raum und Individualisierung und etwas Seelenhaftes ist.
200 pages, Paperback
Published March 14, 2008
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Meister Eckhart
271 books514 followersEckhart von Hochheim, commonly known as Meister Eckhart, was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in Thuringia.
Meister is German for "Master", referring to the academic title Magister in theologia he obtained in Paris. Coming into prominence during the decadent Avignon Papacy and a time of increased tensions between the Franciscans and Eckhart's Dominican Order of Preacher Friars, he was brought up on charges later in life before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII, his "Defence" is famous for his reasoned arguments to all challenged articles of his writing and his refutation of heretical intent. He purportedly died before his verdict was received, although no record of his death or burial site has ever been discovered.
Meister Eckhart is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as "Johannes Eckhart", although Eckhart was his given name and von Hochheim was his surname.
"Perhaps no mystic in the history of Christianity has been more influential and more controversial than the Dominican Meister Eckart. Few, if any, mystics have been as challenging to modern day readers and as resistant to agreed-upon interpretation."
—Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart
Meister is German for "Master", referring to the academic title Magister in theologia he obtained in Paris. Coming into prominence during the decadent Avignon Papacy and a time of increased tensions between the Franciscans and Eckhart's Dominican Order of Preacher Friars, he was brought up on charges later in life before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII, his "Defence" is famous for his reasoned arguments to all challenged articles of his writing and his refutation of heretical intent. He purportedly died before his verdict was received, although no record of his death or burial site has ever been discovered.
Meister Eckhart is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as "Johannes Eckhart", although Eckhart was his given name and von Hochheim was his surname.
"Perhaps no mystic in the history of Christianity has been more influential and more controversial than the Dominican Meister Eckart. Few, if any, mystics have been as challenging to modern day readers and as resistant to agreed-upon interpretation."
—Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart
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September 21, 2009This is an extremely thoughtful and well researched study of Meister Eckhart's sermons, but it is very slow and difficult reading. The excitement one finds in Eckhart himself is not available in this text except through very careful digging.
February 22, 2025
Wer werden will, was er sein sollte, der muss lassen, was er jetzt ist.
November 4, 2020
would need a lot more time to read
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