Buch, Deutsch, Band 8, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
Reihe: Eckhart: Texts and Studies
Buch, Deutsch, Band 8, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
Reihe: Eckhart: Texts and Studies
ISBN: 978-90-429-3550-1
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
Perhaps one of the most prominent features of Meister Eckhart's thought
is the refusal to adopt a rigid compartimentalization between the
different dimensions of human life. A first-class theologian and
philosopher as well as a Dominican preacher, Eckhart does not content
himself with pursuing his academic activities in parallel with his more
humble pastoral tasks. Rather, he aims at integrating the different
claims of revealed theology, philosophical speculation, and spiritual
guidance into a dynamic conception of truth as an event that is
ultimately rooted in the human subject. Eckhart's thesis that there is
only one truth, albeit in different modes and forms, opens the path
towards an existential mediation, not only between Scripture-based
theology and Aristotelian philosophy, but also between theoretical
knowledge as a whole and practical life-orientation.
The papers contained in this volume were initially presented at a
colloquium on 17 October 2014, in Vienna. The different contributions
examine Eckhart's method of "translating truth" from an
interdisciplinary perspective that includes theology, medieval and
modern philosophy, medieval German literature studies, contemporary
exegesis, and spirituality.
