Trei idei domina Intrebarile pariziene: unificarea sufletului cu Dumnezeu, preeminenta intelegerii in raport cu fiinta si cunoasterea lui Dumnezeu prin negatie. Ontologia lui Eckhart devine astfel elementul de legatura dintre filosofia greaca clasica si romantismul german – de la Parmenide la Hegel, drumul gindirii trece prin opera sa. Volumul cuprinde o selectie de texte fundamentale din opera latina a lui Meister Eckhart, cunoscute sub numele de „Prologuri” (in primul rind prologurile la Opus tripartitum) si de „Intrebari pariziene”. Unele tin de perioada de maturitate a gindirii eckhartiene si au fost redactate si disputate la Universitatea din Paris. La acestea se adauga alte citeva texte redactate sau rostite la Paris care apartin perioadei de formare a lui Eckhart: Predica la sarbatoarea Fericitului Augustin, Tratat asupra Rugaciunii Domnesti, Predica de Paste din anul 1294.
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