Selected Writings by Meister Eckhart (English) Paperback Book

Description: Selected Writings by Meister Eckhart, Prof. Oliver Davies This is a selection of the writings of Meister Eckhart, the great German mystic, whose writings are among the most influential statements in the Christian tradition concerning the nature of the contemplative life and the souls possibilities of unmediated union with God. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Influential writings on the possibility of synthesising Greek thought and Christian faithComposed during a critical time in the evolution of European intellectual life, the works of Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) are some of the most powerful medieval attempts to achieve a synthesis between ancient Greek thought and the Christian faith. Writing with great rhetorical brilliance, Eckhart combines the neoplatonic concept of oneness - the idea that the ultimate principle of the universe is single and undivided - with his Christian belief in the Trinity, and considers the struggle to describe a perfect God through the imperfect medium of language. Fusing philosophy and religion with vivid originality and metaphysical passion, these works have intrigued and inspired philosophers and theologians from Hegel to Heidegger and beyond. Author Biography Johannes Eckhart, commonly known as Meister Eckhart, was born near Gotha in eastern Germany around 1260. He had an illustrious career in the Dominican Order, teaching all over Europe including Saxony, Bohemia and Paris. He is one of the great speculative mystics of Western Europe, who sougth to reconcile traditional Christian belief with transcendental metaphysics. He was accused of heretical teaching in his lifetime, but is seen today as a foremost exponent of Christian philosophical theology. He died in 1327/8.Oliver Davies is senior lecturer in theology at the University of Wales, Lampeter. Table of Contents The talks of instruction; the book of divine consolation; on the noble man; selected German sermons; selected Latin sermons. Details ISBN0140433430 Author Prof. Oliver Davies Short Title SEL WRITINGS (ECKHART MEISTER) Pages 336 Series Penguin Classics Language English ISBN-10 0140433430 ISBN-13 9780140433432 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 248.22 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from German Illustrations bibliography, notes Edition 1st Birth 1260 Death ca. 1329 Tag pengblackclassics Imprint Penguin Classics DOI 10.1604/9780140433432 UK Release Date 1994-08-25 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 1994 Translator Oliver Davies Publication Date 1994-08-25 Alternative 9780141904603 Audience General NZ Release Date 1994-08-24 AU Release Date 1994-08-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:529134;

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