Meister Eckhart
Translated by Edmund Colledge
Translated by Bernard McGinn
Paulist Press, New York, 1981, The Classics of Western Spirituality
First written early 14th century
About this text
A modern scholarly translation from the critical edition of Eckhart’s German and Latin works: selected German sermons, the treatises, the Latin commentaries on Genesis and John, his defence at Cologne and the bull of condemnation, with an introduction.
How to cite
Meister Eckhart. Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises, and Defense. Translated by Edmund Colledge and Bernard McGinn. The Classics of Western Spirituality. Paulist Press, New York, 1981.
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Traditions
Concepts
- GodheadIn Eckhart, the hidden ground of God beyond the persons and every name.
- Ground of the soulThe innermost depth of the soul, beyond all its powers, where for Eckhart the soul and God are one.
- DetachmentThe letting go of self-will, images and attachments so that God, or the true self, can be found: Eckhart’s abegescheidenheit.
- Apophatic theologySpeaking of God by negation: saying what God is not.