Meister Eckhart
Translated by C. de B. Evans
Edited by Franz Pfeiffer
John M. Watkins, London, 1924, Two volumes, 1924 and 1931
First written early 14th century
About this text
Evans’s English translation of the German sermons and treatises in Franz Pfeiffer’s 1857 edition of Eckhart, long the fullest collection of Eckhart in English, including the sermons on the birth of God in the soul and the treatise on detachment.
How to cite
Meister Eckhart. Meister Eckhart: by Franz Pfeiffer. Edited by Franz Pfeiffer. Translated by C. de B. Evans. Two volumes, 1924 and 1931. John M. Watkins, London, 1924.
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Traditions
Concepts
- GodheadIn Eckhart, the hidden ground of God beyond the persons and every name.
- DetachmentThe letting go of self-will, images and attachments so that God, or the true self, can be found: Eckhart’s abegescheidenheit.
- Ground of the soulThe innermost depth of the soul, beyond all its powers, where for Eckhart the soul and God are one.