Philosophy

E. Lekvekheliani

Meister Ekhart’s Doctrine on Soul

The most original part of doctrine of Meister Ekhart, philosopher and founder, father of German mysticism of the Middle Centuries, is the doctrine on Soul. According to Ekhart, soul hides limited imagination and contents of the world. This connects him directly with divine world. Ekhart calls it “the divine spark”. By point of view of Ekhart, the goal of creation of the world is a soul of human being. It is the highest among the creatures. Not everything is created in it. The soul represents the unity of created and noncreated.

 

D. Aghmashenebeli Tbilisi State University

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