Między wielością a jednością. Dialektyczne doświadczenie człowieka według mistrza Eckharta
Between Unity and Multiplicity. Dialectical Experience of Man in the Thought of Master Eckhart

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents an analysis of human existence which, according to Master Eckhart, plays between unity (Deity) and multiplicity (world). The paper consists of three parts: 1) the presentation of the idea of the Absolute: the Absolute as passive Deity and active God; man cannot get to know the Absolute but only experience it in the creation; the Absolute is present in the things of the world and in the soul of man; Deity has two main features: depth and unity; 2) the presentation of the idea of man: man as the image of God is an ontic unity; he has two powers: mind and will; there is a reflex of the divine depth in the human mind; a man can contemplate the divine image of the Son in his mind after his purification; a man is not only an ontic unity, but he should become a unity in the existential sense; 3) the presentation of the process of the unification: it takes place in will and mind; a man should subordinate his will to the will of God and purify his mind from all ideas in order for the divine Word to be born.

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