Eckhart’s Bilder

Eckhart’s doctrine of the bilder is highly original not so much for containing new elements as for the conciliation it achieved among sources at first sight incompatible; these sources can be reduced to three main ones: Plato, Aristotle, and Christian thought. In this paper, I show that Eckhart’s do...

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Main Author: Luís M. Augusto
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2008-12-01
Series:Princípios
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Online Access:http://www.principios.cchla.ufrn.br/24P-167-186.pdf
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description Eckhart’s doctrine of the bilder is highly original not so much for containing new elements as for the conciliation it achieved among sources at first sight incompatible; these sources can be reduced to three main ones: Plato, Aristotle, and Christian thought. In this paper, I show that Eckhart’s doctrine of the bilder is simultaneously a) an Aristotelian epistemic recreation of Plato’s doctrine of ideas, and b) a Christian ontological recreation of Aristotle’s doctrine of cognition. As such, it is a technical manipulation of these sources, rather than a mystical doctrine.
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spelling doaj.art-e21b4d12655c4935a6d90ef14943c8ce2022-12-21T19:18:28ZdeuUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do NortePrincípios0104-86941983-21092008-12-011524167186Eckhart’s BilderLuís M. AugustoEckhart’s doctrine of the bilder is highly original not so much for containing new elements as for the conciliation it achieved among sources at first sight incompatible; these sources can be reduced to three main ones: Plato, Aristotle, and Christian thought. In this paper, I show that Eckhart’s doctrine of the bilder is simultaneously a) an Aristotelian epistemic recreation of Plato’s doctrine of ideas, and b) a Christian ontological recreation of Aristotle’s doctrine of cognition. As such, it is a technical manipulation of these sources, rather than a mystical doctrine.http://www.principios.cchla.ufrn.br/24P-167-186.pdfAbegescheidenheitBilderIntellectPlatonic IdeasUniversals
spellingShingle Luís M. Augusto
Eckhart’s Bilder
Princípios
Abegescheidenheit
Bilder
Intellect
Platonic Ideas
Universals
title Eckhart’s Bilder
title_full Eckhart’s Bilder
title_fullStr Eckhart’s Bilder
title_full_unstemmed Eckhart’s Bilder
title_short Eckhart’s Bilder
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topic Abegescheidenheit
Bilder
Intellect
Platonic Ideas
Universals
url http://www.principios.cchla.ufrn.br/24P-167-186.pdf
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