Meister Eckhart

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Dominican_Order
gptkbp:born c. 1260
gptkbp:criticism condemned as heretical
misunderstood in his time
gptkbp:died c. 1328
gptkbp:famousQuote "The more we have, the more we want."
"The soul is a mirror of God."
"You should be as a man who is in love."
"God is at home; it is we who have gone out for a walk."
"The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me."
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Meister Eckhart
gptkbp:influence existentialism
New Age philosophy
modern spirituality
Renaissance_thought
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Martin_Luther
gptkb:Rudolf_Steiner
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:knownFor mysticism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_High_German
gptkbp:legacy celebrated in contemporary spirituality
recognized as a major figure in medieval philosophy
inspired various spiritual movements
studied in theology and philosophy courses
influential_in_Western_mysticism
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Book_of_Divine_Consolation
Sermons
The_German_Sermons
gptkbp:occupation scholar
preacher
mystic
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:Christian_mysticism
God
spirituality
the nature of reality
the soul
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Thuringia
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Cologne
gptkbp:productionCompany 14th century