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Meister Eckhart

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Eckhart of Hochheim (c. 1260–1328), a leading figure within the Dominican order, was a professional theologian and as such he performed all the three duties related to his profession: lecturing on the Bible and on the Sentences, disputing questions, and preaching sermons. He was twice appointed as theology professor at the University of Paris. Eckhart’s reputation is confirmed by the several senior posts he held in the administration of his order.

One original characteristic of Eckhart’s work lies in the fact that he carried out a large part of his literary activity in Middle High German by reframing for wider audiences the issues discussed during disputations in class and the themes explored in his specialist lectures on the Bible. In so doing, he contributed to the creation of a German technical philosophical vocabulary. Eckhart’s effort to present the arduous contents of scholastic speculation to common people seems to have been a crucial factor in the proceedings for heresy to which he was subjected toward the end of his life and which led to a posthumous condemnation of some propositions drawn from his works.

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Palazzo, A. (2020). Meister Eckhart. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1665-7_326

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