Meister Eckhart

Meister Eckhart (c. 1260–c. 1328) was a German Dominican theologian, philosopher, and mystic whose apophatic writings on the soul’s union with God influenced later mystics such as John Ruysbroeck and, centuries later, concepts like Heidegger’s gelassenheit.

Claims that use this term

• Quaker silence is apophatic and has more in common with late medieval mystics such as Meister Eckhart and John Ruysbroeck.
• Heidegger’s gelassenheit concept derives from medieval mystic Meister Eckhart