English summary: This is the first French translation of Eckhart's commentary on wisdom, in which he draws primarily on Augustin and Maimonides to explore questions such as the ontological dimension of Creation and the Trinity and God's place in the soul. French description: Cette premiere traduction francaise du Commentaire de la Sagesse est un evenement pour les etudes eckhartiennes. Elle rend accessible une oeuvre majeure d'Eckhart, en la situant dans le contexte de l'enseignement parisien du Thuringien, en en degageant ses enjeux. Cet ouvrage presente egalement l'interet d'etre l'un des seuls commentaires complets du Livre de la Sagesse, meme s'il en retient principalement quatre-vingt onze passages. Pour en rendre compte, Eckhart s'appuie sur l'acquis de ses predecesseurs, principalement Augustin et Maimonide. Il apparait meme comme l'un des meilleurs lecteurs d'Augustin au Moyen Age. Les grands themes de son oeuvre ont une place importante dans son commentaire: la dimension ontologique de la creation, la Trinite a l'origine de la naissance de Dieu dans l'ame, la figure du juste comme pierre d'angle de son anthropologie...
Meister is German for "Master", referring to the academic title Magister in theologia he obtained in Paris. Coming into prominence during the decadent Avignon Papacy and a time of increased tensions between the Franciscans and Eckhart's Dominican Order of Preacher Friars, he was brought up on charges later in life before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII, his "Defence" is famous for his reasoned arguments to all challenged articles of his writing and his refutation of heretical intent. He purportedly died before his verdict was received, although no record of his death or burial site has ever been discovered.
Meister Eckhart is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as "Johannes Eckhart", although Eckhart was his given name and von Hochheim was his surname.
"Perhaps no mystic in the history of Christianity has been more influential and more controversial than the Dominican Meister Eckart. Few, if any, mystics have been as challenging to modern day readers and as resistant to agreed-upon interpretation."
—Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart... Show more