Selected Writings
Selected Writings by Meister Eckhart, published by Penguin Publishing Group in March 1995, presents a collection of profound reflections that explore the intersection of ancient Greek thought and Christian faith. This edition, comprising 336 pages, delves into Eckhart’s rhetorical brilliance as he articulates the concept of a free mind and its potential to achieve understanding. His works examine the complexities of describing a perfect God through the limitations of language, offering insights that resonate within the realms of philosophy and spirituality.
Readers will find a synthesis of Neoplatonic ideas and Christian doctrine, as Eckhart’s writings reflect on the nature of oneness and the Trinity. The essays in this collection engage with themes of religion and philosophy, inviting contemplation on the relationship between the divine and human understanding. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in literary collections that bridge the gap between spirituality and intellectual inquiry.
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‘A free mind can achieve all things. But what is a free mind?’
Composed during a critical time in the evaluation of European intellectual life, the works of Meister Eckhart are some of the most powerful medieval attempts to achieve a synthesis between ancient Greek thought and 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.
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