Meister Eckhart
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Eckhart von Hochheim, commonly known as Meister Eckhart, was a German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and mystic. He was born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Emp
Posthumous portrait by Andrea di Bonaiuto, c. 1366
Predigerkirche
The Meister Eckhart portal of the Erfurt Church
The Meister Eckhart portal of the Erfurt Church (Predigerkirche), quoting John 1:5
Neoplatonism
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Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of distinct ideas
Meister Eckhart
…were no manuscripts in Avignon. Eckhart was schooled in medieval scholasticism and was well acquainted with Aristotelianism and Augustinianism. The Neo-Platonism of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite asserted a great influence on him, as reflected in his notions on the Gottheit beyond the God who can be named…
Presumed depiction of Plotinus and his disciples on a Roman sarcophagus in the Museo Gregoriano Profano, Vatican Museums, Rome
Part of the Socrates Mosaic, 362-363 AD. Socrates is depicted raising his hand in an almost Christlike gesture. It has been suggested this conforms a strong Neoplatonic tradition in Apamea at the time.
1702 portrait of Lord Shaftesbury (left) designed to illustrate his neoplatonist beliefs