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Thinker · 1260–1328

Meister Eckhart

Dominican mystic who preached that the ground of the soul and the ground of God are one. The Inquisition didn't love him for it.

Contributions
  • Apophatic mysticism
  • Doctrine of detachment (Abgeschiedenheit)
Words that traveled
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What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
— Meister Eckhart
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If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is 'thank you,' it will be enough.
— Meister Eckhart