Meister Eckhart

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Meister Eckhart was a 13th–14th century German Dominican theologian, philosopher, and mystic known for his profound sermons on the direct experience of God and the ground of the soul.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Meister Eckhart canonical 13
Eckhart 1
Eckhart von Hochheim 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Christian mystic ⓘ
Dominican friar ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
sermonist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
accusedOf heresy ⓘ
birthName Eckhart von Hochheim ⓘ
linked to: Meister Eckhart
centuryOfActivity 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
doctrineStatus some propositions condemned posthumously ⓘ
educatedAt Dominican studium in Cologne ⓘ
linked to: Dominican studia

University of Paris ⓘ
linked to: La Sorbonne
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
fieldOfWork Christian mysticism ⓘ
Scholasticism ⓘ
givenName Eckhart ⓘ
linked to: Meister Eckhart
hasTheme God as ground of being ⓘ
direct experience of God ⓘ
inner detachment from creatures ⓘ
union of the soul with God ⓘ
honorificTitle Meister ⓘ
influenced Henry Suso ⓘ
Johannes Tauler ⓘ
Martin Heidegger ⓘ
Nicholas of Cusa ⓘ
Paul Tillich ⓘ
Thomas Merton ⓘ
influencedBy Albertus Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Albert the Great

Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Middle High German ⓘ
mainInterest metaphysics ⓘ
mystical theology ⓘ
nature of the soul ⓘ
philosophy of God ⓘ
memberOf Order of Preachers ⓘ
movement Christian mysticism ⓘ
Rhineland mysticism ⓘ
name Meister Eckhart ⓘ
nativeLanguage Middle High German ⓘ
notableIdea Gelassenheit ⓘ
birth of God in the soul ⓘ
detachment ⓘ
ground of the soul ⓘ
notableWork German sermons ⓘ
Latin works ⓘ
Sermon on the Birth of God in the Soul ⓘ
Sermon on the Poor in Spirit ⓘ
occupation Catholic priest ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
participantIn inquisition proceedings in Cologne ⓘ
placeOfActivity Cologne ⓘ
Erfurt ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
positionHeld lector in theology at Paris ⓘ
prior of Erfurt Dominican convent ⓘ
provincial of the Saxon Dominican province ⓘ
teacher in Cologne ⓘ
vicar of Thuringia ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf papal bull In agro dominico ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Perennial Philosophy → influencedBy → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
Order of Preachers → notableMember → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
negative theology → associatedWith → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
Franz von Baader → influencedBy → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
John Scotus Eriugena → influenced → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
Corpus Areopagiticum → influenced → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
The Divine Names → influenced → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
The Mystical Theology → influenced → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
Meister Eckhart → name → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
Meister Eckhart → birthName → Eckhart von Hochheim ⓘ
linked to: Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart → givenName → Eckhart ⓘ
linked to: Meister Eckhart
Franz Xaver von Baader → influencedBy → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
The Open: Man and Animal → influencedBy → Meister Eckhart ⓘ
Dietrich of Freiberg → influenced → Meister Eckhart ⓘ