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Cf. The Condemnation of Meister Eckhart (1329), where the papal bull is published with Ellopos' comments that help us understand Eckhart's thinking
Eckhart recognises that it is a harder and a nobler task to preserve detachment in a crowd than in a cell; the little daily sacrifices of family life are often a greater trial than self-imposed mortifications. "We need not destroy any little good in ourselves for the sake of a better, but we should strive to grasp every truth in its highest meaning, for no one good contradicts another." "Love God, and do as you like, say the Free Spirits. Yes; but as long as you like anything contrary to God's will, you do not love Him"... Read Complete
Jump to : Meister Eckhart von Erich Seeberg / Vladimir Lossky: La dissemblance créée, l'intellect et la grâce / Meister Eckhart von Friedrich Heer / Heer on Eckhart, Tauler and Suso / Plotinus and his Circle / M. Laistner: Knowledge of Greek in Western Europe during the earlier Middle Ages / Ernst Troeltsch: The Divine Seed