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Also known as Eckhart von Hochheim

German philosopher and theologian

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Meister Eckhart was a German philosopher and theologian whose ideas bridged medieval religious thought and early modern philosophy. His work continues to influence both Christian theology and Western philosophical traditions, though some of his teachings were controversial during his lifetime.

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Born
1260
Died
1327
Works
229

Top works

  • Deutscher glaube
  • Meister Eckharts Buch der göttlichen Tröstung und von dem edlen Menschen (Liber benedictus)
  • Predigten
  • Deutsche Predigten und Traktate
  • Die Sprüche des Meister Eckehart

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Avignon
Active from
1260
Active to
1328-01-28
has german audiobooks

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Quotes

  • Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go.
  • The most powerful prayer, one wellnigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible. What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own.
  • God wants nothing of you but the gift of a peaceful heart.
  • Unmovable disinterest brings man into likeness of God. ... To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God.
  • We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always needing to be born.
  • We shall find God in everything alike, and find God always alike in everything.

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Meister Eckhart
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Eckhart von Hochheim OP (c. 1260 – c. 1328), commonly known as Meister Eckhart ( German: [ˈmaɪstɐ ˈʔɛkaʁt]), Master Eckhart or Eckehart, claimed original name Johannes Eckhart, was a German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and mystic. He was born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia (now Thuringia in central Germany) in the Holy Roman Empire.

Eckhart came into prominence during the Avignon Papacy at a time of increased tensions between monastic orders, diocesan clergy, the Franciscan Order, and Eckhart's Dominican Order. In later life, he was accused of heresy and brought up before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition, and tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII with the bull In Agro Dominico of March 27, 1329. In the trial, excerpts of his Book of Divine Consolation were used against Eckhart. He seems to have died before his verdict was received.

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