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Meister Eckhart

1260 - 1328

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Eckhart von Hochheim (c. 1260 – c. 1328), commonly known as Meister Eckhart (German: [ˈmaɪstɐ ˈɛkaʁt]), Master Eckhart or Eckehart, claimed original name Johannes Eckhart, was a German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and mystic. He was born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia (now Thuringia in central Germany) in the Holy Roman Empire. Eckhart came into prominence during the Avignon Papacy at a time of increased tensions between monastic orders, diocesan clergy, the Franciscan Order, and Eckhart's Dominican Order. In later life, he was accused of heresy and brought up before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition, and tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII with the bull In Agro Dominico of March 27, 1329. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meister Eckhart is the 115th most popular philosopher (down from 105th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Germany (down from 138th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Philosopher.

Meister Eckhart is most famous for his sermons and writings on the nature of God and the soul. He was a Christian mystic and theologian who lived in the 13th century.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Meister Eckhart ranks 115 out of 1,267. Before him are Antisthenes, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Emil Cioran, Bodhidharma, John Scotus Eriugena, and Gilles Deleuze. After him are Padmasambhava, Tertullian, William of Ockham, Ibn Taymiyyah, Bonaventure, and Henri de Saint-Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1260, Meister Eckhart ranks 1. After him are Władysław I the Elbow-high, Antipope Nicholas V, Al-Ashraf Khalil, Khutulun, Anna of Hungary, John II of Jerusalem, Guillaume de Nogaret, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, Al-Said Barakah, Lloque Yupanqui, and Maximus Planudes. Among people deceased in 1328, Meister Eckhart ranks 2. Before him is Charles IV of France. After him are Ibn Taymiyyah, Clementia of Hungary, Yesün Temür, Ragibagh Khan, Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon, John of Montecorvino, Galeazzo I Visconti, Charles, Duke of Calabria, Prince Hisaaki, and Castruccio Castracani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Meister Eckhart ranks 165 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Walter Gropius (1883), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Agrippina the Younger (15), George I of Great Britain (1660), and Alfred Jodl (1890). After him are Max Born (1882), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Otto Hahn (1879), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Carl Orff (1895), and Franz von Papen (1879).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Meister Eckhart ranks 17. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Walter Benjamin (1892), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767). After him are Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Edith Stein (1891), and Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714).

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