Reclam, insel verlag, manesse, klassiker verlag tredition. Sermons, writings, and sayings posted february 5, 2014 this introduction to the writing and preaching of the greatest medieval european mystic contains selections from his sermons, treatises, and sayings, as well as table talk, the records of his informal advice to his spiritual children. This volume presents the only booklength study in english of meister eckhart the philosopher within the tradition in which his thought is embedded and from which it draws its authority. Composed during a critical time in the evolution of european intellectual life, the works of meister eckhart c. Meister eckharts complete mystical teachings together in one volume, for the first time.
Oddly enough this groundbreaking work has been out of print. Dec 09, 2005 buy meister eckhart from whom god hid nothing. A central source and inspiration of dominant currents in philosophy and theology since aquinas, wthe text of his historic defense eckhart, meister on. Kommentierte zweisprachige ausgabe meister eckhart on. His most recent books explore the relation between bodily ascetic. Kelleys classic work meister eckhart on divine knowledge new haven, ct.
Meister eckhart s sermons contains some of his short sermons. Sermons, writings and sayings new edition by eckhart isbn. The digitale bibliothek deutscher klassiker provides unparalleled access to. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Deutscher klassiker verlag im taschenbuch 24, taschenbuch, 1107 seiten. The sermons themselves are in relatively plain english. It shows that even as eckhart may be justly regarded as a medieval precursor of a modern philosophy of subjectivity. Perhaps nothing is both more ancient and more current than human misery. Each volume contains 12 to 15 essays, and follows the organizational structure of the discussed philosophical work. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen gebrauchsspuren an einband, schutzumschlag oder seiten. His most recent books explore the relation between bodily ascetic practices in. The medieval german eckhart wrote in is, in some ways, even closer to modern dutch than modern german is. Provides further information on digitale bibliothek deutscher klassiker. The thought of meister eckhart the dominican theologian, the preacher, the master of language, the mystic exudes a remarkable fascination on the modern mind, not the least due to its characteristic interplay of scholasticacademic and vernacular terminology.
I bought the two volume eckhart edition of the deutscher klassiker verlag, expecting to read the modern german versions of the sermons, hardly ever glancing at the original text, but then i stumbled upon a passage that, in translation, didnt convince me. Eckhart recanted on some 26 articles or propositions, but a papal bull issued in 29 to condemn eckhart s teaching named 28. An excellent resource for revisionist historians or those just wanting to know about the conditions in weimar germany that gave rise to national socialism and bolshevismdemonstrates clearly that the communist revolutionaries had all of europe as their bloodthirsty goalthe connexions to the attacks we see today on national sovereignty and white christian ethnicity and culture are. The father of german mysticism meister eckhart 126028 was a german theologian, philosopher, professor, and mystic. The best of meister eckhart by meister eckhart, eckhart. Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In his distinguished career, he became a professor of theology at the university of paris and took a leading pastoral and organizational role in the dominican order. This is a very well made book, as is the second volume. The digitale bibliothek deutscher klassiker will provide unparalleled access to the premier collection of german literature. In this series the most important works in the history of philosophy are discussed with cooperative commentary from internationally renowned philosophers. Meister eckhart, who has been called the father of german thought, was a dominican monk, and one of the most profound thinkers of the middle ages. From gilgamesh and job to the contemporary furor over death and dying, suffering has marked human life and posed questions which demand our deepest responses. Now with the cooperation and support of the publishers deutscher klassiker verlag frankfurt am main, chadwyckhealey is delighted to publish the bibliothek deutscher klassiker for the first time in electronic form. Yale university press, 1977 was one of the original comprehensive studies on meister eckhart available in the english language which shifted the very way he was understood. With a foreword by leading eckhart scholar bernard mcginn, and the elegant translation of maurice oc walshe, this comprehensive and authoritative work is a treasure for every serious spiritual seeker, and the finest volume on eckhart ever to appear in english. His books include a study on time and temporality in late medieval philosophy and literature 1989, a bibliography of literature on meister eckhart 1989, a translation and commentary of a medieval treatise on spiritual poverty 1989, a twovolume edition of meister eckhart s works with extensive commentaries in the deutscher klassiker. Meister eckhart was a fourteenth century dominican monk.
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