The Concept of Durchbruch in Meister Eckhart Cover Image

Понятие «прорыв» в учении Мейстера Экхарта
The Concept of Durchbruch in Meister Eckhart

Author(s): Evgeny Bykov
Subject(s): Epistemology, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: religion and philosophy; mysticism; knowledge; revelation;

Summary/Abstract: Meister Eckhart is one of the most ambiguous and controversial late medieval thinkers. Many of the concepts in his teachings still remain under-studied and difficult for understanding. So B. McGinn (1981) and D. Caputo (1978) have paid particular attention to the concept of “breakthrough” (der Durchbruch), but even they, it seems to us, have not been able to establish fully the connection of this concept with other themes in Eckhart's teachings. The meaning of the concept itself in the context of solving one of the most important problems of late medieval theology and philosophy – the justification of mystical knowledge and its forms – remains insufficiently clarified.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 773-782
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian