Eckhart

[ ek-ahrt ]

/ ˈɛk ɑrt /

Jo·han·nes

[yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/, Meister Eckhart,c1260–1327?, Dominican theologian and preacher: founder of German mysticism.

Example sentences from the Web for eckhart

I am as necessary to God, Eckhart is fond of saying, as God is necessary to me.

Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries |Annie Besant
They have come to that state which Eckhart calls ‘finding all creatures in God and God in all creatures.’

Ruysbroeck |Evelyn Underhill
But whence did Eckhart derive his expressions which reappear in Dante?

Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde |Matilda of Magdeburg
Eckhart has been called the first of the speculative mystics.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 |Various

The time was ripe and the consummators came: Dante in the south, Eckhart in the countries north of the Alps.

The Evolution of Love |Emil Lucka

Eckhart

/ (German ˈɛkhart) /

Johannes (joˈhanəs), called Meister Eckhart. ?1260–?1327, German Dominican theologian, mystic, and preacher