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Meister Eckhart was a prominent Dominican theologian in the 13th and 14th centuries, known for his role as a professor at the University of Paris and his significant literary contributions in Middle High German. His efforts to make scholastic ideas accessible to the general population led to the development of a German philosophical vocabulary and subsequent heresy proceedings against him. The paper explores his life, the contexts of his work, and his influence on theological thought.
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