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도올의 서양철학사 강의 - YouTube 기독교사상사

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 46 중세 카톨릭철학

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 47 초기 기독교의 형성 과정 - 영지주의 Gnosticism

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 48 사도 바울의 철학

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 62 토마스 아퀴나스, 스콜라철학의 정점 - 안셀무스의 신의 존재론적 증명

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 63 박승찬교수의 토마스 아퀴나스 1 신앙과 이성의 조화

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 64 박승찬교수의 토마스 아퀴나스 2 신의 존재증명 - 아벨라르두스 'Sic et Non'

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 65 박승찬교수의 토마스 아퀴나스 3 창조주의 절대성

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 66 박승찬교수의 토마스 아퀴나스 4 윤리기준의 법정, 양심

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 68 토마스 아퀴나스 총정리

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 81 바울이냐 예수냐 - 브레데 '메시아의 비밀'

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 82 바울과 예수의 창조적 결합 - 바르트와 불트만

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 83 기독교 이해의 단서 - 연속과 단절

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 89 도올의 로마서강해 - 바울의 혁명사상

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 98 몰트만1 희망의 신학

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 99 몰트만2 판넨베르그 - 역사의 신학

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 106 근대 신학의 계보 - 슐라이어마허, 불트만 바르트 틸리히

[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 107 폴 틸리히 - 신은 '궁극적 관심' 이다 Ultimate Concern

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 01 변화와 불변 - 끊임없는 형이상학과의 투쟁

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 02 신들림과 피타고라스

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 03 폴란드의 바웬사가 바꾼 세계사

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 04 모성애는 순수한 생리인가 문명의 도덕인가

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 05 폴란드기행1 - 러시아와의 투쟁의 역사

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 06 폴란드기행2 마카롱, 자키르 후세인

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 07 폴란드기행3 - 아우슈비츠

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 08 폴란드기행4

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 09 좋음의 이데아

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 10 크로노스와 카이로스

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 11 헤라클레이토스 Heraclitus

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 12 로고스 Logos - 헤라클레이토스

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 13 만물은 불이다 - 헤라클레이토스

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 14 반대되는 것들은 결국 같은 것이다 - 헤라클레이토스

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 15 철학개론 1교시 - 철학은 전체를 보는 것이다

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 16 미케네문명과 파르메니데스 - 아가멤논

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 17 파르메니데스, 사고의 혁명 - 'it is'

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 18 종교 철학 과학 그리고 피타고라스 - 윤회사상

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 19 파르메니데스 존재론의 붕괴과정

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 20 스파르타라는 현실과 신화 - 플루타크 영웅전

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 21 소크라테스 - 플라톤과 크세노폰

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 22 플라톤 - 이상국가, 동굴의 비유

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 23 뚜장옌과 글로벌센터

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 24 플라톤의 듀얼리즘 - 윤회사상

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 25 - 21세기 고구려 패러다임

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 26 플라톤의 이데아론

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 27 플라톤의 오류 - 지식은 지각이 아니다 Knowledge is not Perception

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 28 러셀의 기술이론1 Theory of Descriptions

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 29 러셀의 기술이론2 Theory of Descriptions

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 30 삼국지의 문무와 아리스토텔레스

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 31 아리스토텔레스 Aristoteles

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 32 삼국지의 천하삼분지계와 일통

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 33 아리스토텔레스의 형이상학 - 형상과 질료 form & matter

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 34 아리스토텔레스의 적도 (중용)

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 35 아리스토텔레스 니코마코스 윤리학

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 36 아리스토텔레스 정치학

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 37 희랍의 역사 - 헬라스Hellas, 그리스Greece

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 38 아테네 문명은 어떻게 만들어졌나?

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 39 이세돌과 알파고

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 40 아리스토텔레스 논리학 - 삼단논법 syllogism

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 41 아리스토텔레스 자연학과 견유학파

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 42 헬레니즘과 알렉산더대왕

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 44 스토아철학 - 마르쿠스 아우렐리우스

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 50 아우구스티누스 St. Augustine - 고백의 철학

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 53 성염의 아우구스티누스1 신앙과 이성 - 이해할려면 믿어라

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[도올김용옥] 서양철학사 강의 57 중국 대련기행1 고구려산성을 가다

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Meister Eckhart, from whom God hid nothing : sermons, writings, and sayings - The University of Adelaide

Title

Meister Eckhart, from whom God hid nothing : sermons, writings, and sayings

Author

Eckhart, Meister, d. 1327.

Contributor(s)

O'Neal, David, 1954-

Edition

1st ed.

Subjects

Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Miscellanea

Mysticism -- Catholic Church -- Miscellanea

Spiritual life -- Catholic Church -- Miscellanea

Identifier(s)

ISBN : 157062139X (acid-free paper)

Creation Date

1996

Description

This introduction to the writing and preaching of the greatest medieval European mystic contains selections from his sermons, treatises, and sayings, as well as Table Talk, the records of his informal advice to his spiritual children. Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) was a German Dominican priest whose preaching was immensely popular in his own time and whose writings form a huge part of the foundation of the Western mystical tradition. Though he was condemned and excommunicated by the Catholic Church at the end of his life, his influence on seekers from a range of spiritual traditions has remained strong to this day.

Contents

Foreword: On Reading Eckhart
-- Sayings
-- From Table Talk.
The Most Powerful Prayer of All.
Solitude and God-Getting. Unremitting Effort in the Highest Progress.
What to Do on Missing God Who Is in Hiding.
Why God Often Lets Good People ...
-- From The Book of Divine Consolation
-- From Sermons.
This Is Meister Eckhart,
from Whom God Hid Nothing.
Innocents' Day.
On Luke 14:16.
The Love of God.
Poverty.
What Mary Was Doing.
Peace.
The Spark.
The Beatific Vision
-- The Nobleman
-- On Detachment.

Uniform title

Selections. English. 1996
Publisher

Boston : Shambhala
Format

xxiii, 128 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Language

English

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Meister Eckhart, from Whom God Hid Nothing: Sermons, Writings, and Sayings

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Meister Eckhart,
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This introduction to the writing and preaching of the greatest medieval European mystic contains selections from his sermons, treatises, and sayings, as well as Table Talk, the records of his informal advice to his spiritual children.

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Published December 13th 2005 by New Seeds (first published December 13th 1963)
Original Title
Meister Eckhart, from Whom God Hid Nothing: Sermons, Writings and Sayings
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1590302796 (ISBN13: 9781590302798)
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Jun 28, 2016 Debbie Zapata rated it really liked it
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Like any book on spirituality, this volume of Meister Eckhart's sermons and other works will appeal to some people, confuse some people, and probably bother others. Certain people might even have all of these reactions, depending on which selection they are reading and how much time they spend puzzling through Eckhart's way of writing. He is not always easy to understand, but he was quite popular both in his day and later.

Eckhart was a German mystic, born "not long" before 1260. He studied in Paris for a master's degree in theology after becoming a Dominican friar. He had a long career in the Church, but his popularity was his downfall. In 1325 he was on trial, but the introduction which mentions this does not say why the Church was persecuting the man. "Though the date of his death is unknown, his excommunication on 27 March 1329 was posthumous".

I first read this book years ago when struggling through a health crisis. I remember being quite surprised at some of the thoughts Eckhart expressed, or at least tried to express. There are some ideas and beliefs that simply cannot be conveyed with words. He gets tangled up more than once while trying to express what was most likely in his own mind a very clear truth.

In those years I was in a phase of marking passages that spoke to me personally, and when I reached the underlined parts in this re-read, I could still identify with them. I have had pretty much the same reactions to the book that I had years ago. I have never believed in any organized religion, but I do believe in an intense personal spirituality. Each person must make their own choices about this issue. I may not agree with all of what Eckhart wrote, but he had some fascinating ideas for a man of his day, and I admire the courage it took to share them publicly. (less)
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Nov 30, 2012 Matt rated it it was amazing
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Whenever I hear a person carry on about how religion- all religion, but especially western religion- has always been nothing more than a destructive, thought-suppressing and morality-twisting force of pure evil, or at best some sort of contagious mental disorder or metaphorical crutch or peoples' opiate, I find that I can only quietly shake my head. Had I not read Eckhart and other sky-blue souled mystics like him, I suppose my opinion would be different... but the wisdom of the man From Whom God Hid Nothing quickly became a part of me, and it is close to my heart.

Grand statements aside, I think that this one is great to take on a trip to the beach or a ride on the bus, because you can pick it up, put it down, and jump around easily in its pages. Can't recommend it strongly enough! (less)
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Jun 17, 2015 Edward rated it it was amazing
Meister Eckhart is another name I picked up reading Huxley's Perennial Philosophy, in which he is quoted extensively. Born in the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th century, little is known of this cleric's life aside from his sermons and sayings. He was apparently revered by the common people for his wisdom and willingness to search for it anywhere, so naturally he was accused of heresy by the church. They at least had the decency to wait until after his death to make it official.

This is a short book, but its tone is immediately recognizable as part of the mystical tradition that spans many cultures and religions. It's not hard to see why he attracted the negative attention of the Papacy--Eckhart often speaks of his research into the "heathen masters," or of his respect for men like Avicenna or Origen. While it was not unusual for Catholic clergy to have extensive knowledge of such authors, you can sense Eckhart's praise is not grudging, or restrained. This is the admiration of a man who genuinely recognizes the divine in non-Christian faiths.

In the end however, I doubt it was Eckhart's interest in pagan or heretical writings that truly alarmed his peers. The jewel in this collection is one titled "Detachment," in which he elaborates on why it is the highest possible virtue--even above those most commonly cited in the Christian faith, like love or humility: "And when I search the Scriptures thoroughly, as far as my reason can fathom and know, I just find that pure detachment stands above all things, for all virtues pay some regard to the creatures, yet detachment is free from all creatures. Hence it was that our Lord said to Martha: 'One thing is needful,' that is to say, he who wishes to be untroubled and pure must have one thing, namely detachment."

Later, he argues: "I also praise detachment more than all mercy, for mercy simply means that man, going out of himself, turns to the failings of his fellow men and for this reason his heart is troubled. Detachment is free from this; it remains in itself and does not allow itself to be troubled by anything, because, as long as anything can trouble a man, it is not well with him. In short, if I consider all virtues, I find that none is so completely without defects and so applicable to God as is detachment."

Eckhart's focus on detachment is startling, even revolutionary within the context of Medieval Christianity. He states that the immovability of God essentially means that nothing about the universe would change if no one had ever done a single good deed or prayed a single prayer. This sounds fatalistic at first, but Eckhart is speaking more of the unity of all Time and Being--God has already answered and granted/refused all prayers across all times; seen all good and bad deeds and their consequences. These things only appear to have linear, chronological effect to us because we are temporal. In that sense, they DO have linear and chronological effect. Just not to God. So if we want to be more like God, we must become "detached" from this concept of cause/effect, just like Him.

This is almost exactly the message of Buddhist scriptures like the Heart Sutra; a recognition that true reality is unification. Matter and Void, Cause and Effect, Finite and Infinite--these are all names for dual sides of the same coin. The longer you stare at them, the more they blur together like lines in a 3D puzzle.

At this point a modern Christian might balk at this "Zen-ification" of God, fearing a descent into apathy or withdrawal from life. Of what use are things like love, hope, or mercy if detachment outweighs them all? Eckhart anticipates this conflict like a true Eastern Sage: there is no conflict. Detachment's elevation does not denigrate these other qualities. It is merely the capstone, the highest rung on a ladder of virtues, all of which must be grasped by the faithful. Detachment here is like the detachment of the Buddha--a seeing past the surface of reality with all its suffering and vain pleasures, into a deeper peace that subsumes both.

Doing so does not make you an emotionless robot, a straw man charge leveled by many Westerners at Eastern thinkers. One who is truly detached is virtuous and compassionate because that is what a detached person does. She needs no other reason to be so. As an example Eckhart cites Mary, mother of Jesus. Praising her as a perfectly detached saint, he highlights that her detachment did not exclude emotional responses. She wept at her child's crucifixion, worried when she lost track of him, etc. His explanation for this is that detachment is rooted in a person's inner self, an unseen place of quiet that is different from the outer, visible self. You can laugh and cry and be seen laughing and crying, while your inner self, hidden from view, stands in the perfect stillness of the Divine. He likens this to a door: the door itself swings to and fro, and one can see this plainly. But the hinges on which it swings stay in place, something often overlooked.

Eckhart may have been a Christian living in Western Europe, but his mind is that of Lao Tzu. He knew that those who speak do not know, and that those who know do not speak. "When the detachment reaches its highest perfection, it becomes unknowing through knowledge, loveless through love, dark through light."

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Jul 19, 2021 Ioana Ioana rated it did not like it
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God almighty

Of all the things God hid from meșterul Eckhart, a writing talent he hid best.

• Piss-poor propensity for successful metaphors: „Nature makes the man from the child and the hen from the egg, but God makes the man before the child and the hen before the egg.”, ”Two virtues are always better than one.”
• The feeling that he writes with/due to the disturbing sentiment that someone is breathing on his neck and that, as multiply stated, he doesn`t quite belong to himself, but to a „detached” god. It could have been an honorable form of animism or even panpsychism, but as we learn, also – ”man has in himself two natures: body and spirit. Creatures are all either body or spirit.” So none of those.
• Self-flagellating, compulsive whines –”one to one, one from one, one in one and in one one eternally”. Surely ”one” has to stretch his neurons to even begin to understand why this spectacle would be something a „detached” formless form of divine Being would have an appetite for.
• His works laying dormant in blessed obscurity for more than seven centuries, this bore of a writer is praised now by the European intellectual elite. This is mostly due to the shift in focus from external to internal reflection, or inwardness, with which he is credited for and some trace of resemblance to Eastern philosophy - do not be fooled, this whole ‘detachment’ business is solely for the purpose of more religious receptivity. In all honesty, the foreword made the book justice – you really have to nitpick to find decent statements, bordering on originality. I am aware of the interest personalities like Jung of Heidegger invested in this guy, and aren’t in the slightest moved by that.
• Vapid, dry, inane explorations in futility (din ciclul ”eu întreb, eu răspund”)
”The best thing about love is that it forces me to love God.
On the other hand, detachment forces God to love me.
Now it is much nobler that I should force God to myself than I should force myself to God.” (?!?)
This would go to the "one virtue is better than the other" drawer, I guess.
• He jumps untroubled from one paragraph where he advices ”detachment from oneself and other creatures” to the next where he warns that it is rather pious of someone who - ”in illness, takes comfort in thinking about those who are worse of, such as beggars.”

And so on and so forth. To use a selection of his own wit, this type of writing is indeed more suitable for the ”more void and passive of mind”. (less)
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Dec 07, 2012 Sobi rated it really liked it
"What is truth? Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep to the truth and let God go."/ (less)
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Jun 23, 2013 Reed rated it liked it · review of another edition
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Meister Eckhart is one of my favorite mystics. He does well in elucidating the subtlest intuitions with so few words. One of my favorites: "Hearer and heard are one in the eternal Word."

Eckhart's thoughts on suffering, detachment, emptiness, and culminating unity with "Godhead" are, from what I've gathered, reminiscent of eastern Vedantic and Buddhist meditative practices and phenomenology; so, if you're into comparative theology, you may find some interesting points of comparison between the three. Also, if you have stumbled upon Eckhart in the midst of a tug-of-war match between faith and reason/empiricism (as I have), you might fix your eyes on the west and investigate Soren Kierkegaard (Fear and Trembling, Sickness Unto Death, Either/Or), Descartes' Meditations, or Spinoza's Ethics...among many others! Happy hunting. (less)
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Nov 28, 2015 Jake rated it it was ok
Meister Eckhart was a 11th-12th century theologian whose views got him posthumously excommunicated. I've recently seen him referenced by Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung, so I thought I'd have a look. He's pretty Buddhist-like for being a Catholic. He says that you should try to attain detachment and nothingness to allow God to work through you, at which point he kind of implies that you pretty much are God. He had some interesting ideas, but overall, I was bored.

"What is truth? Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep to the truth and let God go." (less)
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Apr 16, 2012 C rated it really liked it
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This is a great introduction to Eckhart's thoughts and work. He is clearly so influential to many --you can see lots of his ideas in Luther's writings and later mystics. This little volume starts with short sayings, and works up to longer pieces. I read it as a morning devotional and got a lot out of it. ...more
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Mar 27, 2012 Klelly rated it it was amazing
holy f, this is the best megabus reading. currently i am at least a few sacred moments closer to giving myself up to the ultimate unknown. goals-
to be both knowing and unknowing
to be objectless in eternity and in time
get out of (GOD __)s way
do all i do without a single why
always making first rate progress

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Feb 21, 2017 Ippolit rated it it was amazing
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Sola Gloria Dei

but i can see where Heidegger got a lot of his ideas.
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Jul 12, 2015 Melissa Barbosa rated it it was amazing
Simply wonderful. Surely a book to read over and over again.
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Oct 16, 2020 J Brandon Gibson rated it really liked it
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You can tell Meister Eckhart was a monk I tell you that. I love this approach to life though, and many of these writings found within this book are priceless. Out of the "sayings" (there is a section called sayings which is a verse by verse format of short insights of his) my favorite ones are 1 and 12.

Here is #1

What is truth? Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep to the truth and let God go.
Like an old friend of mine mentioned concerning another Meister Ekhart compilation, "I was expecting some medieval type logic". Rather... I found something very timeless, a remnant of that flickering flame that has never gone out. I found this to be very a hybrid Hermetic / Christian philosophy, without the usual cruft. Good book. (less)
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Sep 12, 2020 Paul H. Rogers rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Good

Longish with good advice. Takes love of God as our primary concern. Love of fellow man not dealt with. Read
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Nov 30, 2014 Brett Folkman rated it liked it
I really enjoyed the writings of Meister Eckhart, but found the introduction very superficial and lacking much detail. I also felt there was only a small sampling of his teachings and writings, so I'm buying a much larger comprehensive book containing much more of his writings, which I thought this book would have included. It's a very small book, just enough to wet the appetite, but not satisfy. Brett Folkman, Doctor of Ministry (less)
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