(Ebook) The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart by Maurice O'C. Walshe (Editor) ISBN 9780824525170, 0824525175

(Ebook) The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart by Maurice O'C. Walshe (Editor) ISBN 9780824525170, 0824525175

In the continuing process of making Eckhart's German works availableto contemporary readers the translations of Maurice O'ConnellWalshe occupy a special place, not only because Walshe's versions arethe most complete collection in any language (ninety-eight sermons,three treatises, and some ancillary materials),8 but also because of theEnglish scholar's ability to capture the energy and flow of Eckhart'sMiddle High German in readable English. Translation is always morean art than a science, and translating Eckhart seems to demand a diviner'sart: an inner affinity with a difficult thinker and his novelstyle that is more a gift than something to be attained by effort.Walshe's love for Eckhart and his impressive command of MiddleHigh German and its literature give him a special status among theEnglish translators of the Dominican.9 He was a true Eckhartian" diviner. "