Selected Writings, 9780140433432
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Uniting Greek thought and Christian faith: A medieval intellectual synthesis.

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    24 August 1994

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Summary

Meister Eckhart: Bridging Faith and Reason

Influential writings on the possibility of synthesising Greek thought and Christian faith. Composed 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 -…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140433432
ISBN-10:0140433430
Series:Penguin Classics
Author:Meister Eckhart, Prof. Oliver Davies
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Edition:1st
Release Date:24 August 1994
Weight:248g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 19mm
About The Author

Meister Eckhart

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 sought 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.

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