Aliquid altius ente: Further Reflections on the Theological Consistency of Meister Eckhart's Metaphysics
Interrogating the themes of non-existence and detachment, this article demonstrates a theological consistency underlying the composition of selected logical and mystical writings of Meister Eckhart. This is performed through a thorough consideration of Eckhart’s logical position on understanding and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2018]
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Philosophy & theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 299-320 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eckhart Meister 1260-1328
/ God
/ Existence
/ Intelligence
/ Mysticism
/ Detachment
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church NBC Doctrine of God VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | Interrogating the themes of non-existence and detachment, this article demonstrates a theological consistency underlying the composition of selected logical and mystical writings of Meister Eckhart. This is performed through a thorough consideration of Eckhart’s logical position on understanding and existence in relation to the existence (or non-existence) of God; and the implications of retracing this position in his earlier sermons which evoke the necessity of detachment. In this, it is argued that Eckhart (largely influenced by Augustine’s hierarchy of visual experience) placed logic within a broader programme of Beguine theology, in which logic exposes its own limitations, and detachment from corporeality enables a turning toward Divine incorporeality. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-828X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/philtheol2019311104 |