I,
xliii
by
the
same
author
as
I,
Ixxii.
Sermon
xlvi
is
found
(sec
Jostes,
No.
;34)
forming
part
of
Pfeiffer’s
Tractate
iv.
Of
the
other
substitutes,
I,
ix
is
a
typical
Eckhart
fragment
from
Hermann
von
Fritslar’s
Das
Jleiligenlehen
(1349),
a
collection
which
must
now
be
recognised
as
a
source
of
Eckhart’s
writings
(see
also
II,
viii).
Lastly,
I,
x
and
xv
(from
Spamer’s
Texie)
appear
to
be
compila-
tions
from
Eckhart’s
works.
This
applies
also
to
Greith’s
Second
Book
^
from
which
I,
Ixxxix
is
taken.
The
Scholastic
movement
originated
in
the
schools
founded
by
Charlemagne
(742
-814).
It
aimed
at
reconciling
the
philosophies
of
Plato,
Aristotle
and
the
Neoplatonists
-
(Plotinus,
Poq>hyry,
Proclus)
with
the
doctrines
of
Christianity.
The
first
and
greatest
period
of
Scholasticism,
which
culminated
with
Aquinas
(d.
1274)
and
his
Summa
Theologica
began
with
Scotus
Erigcna
(d.
cir,
877)
who
translated
into
Latin
the
writings
of
Pseudo-Dionysius
(sixth
century)
and
in
reviving
his
system
popularised
also
the
philosophy
of
Aristotle
as
known
chiclly
in
the
Latin
translations
of
his
works
and
of
Porphyiy’s
which
had
been
made
by
Boethius
(d.
542).
The
tradition
of
Aristotle
had
also
been
handed
down
through
the
great
Arabian
Aristotelians
represented
later
by
Avicenna
(d.
1037)
and
Avcrrocs
(d.
1193)
the
Latin
translations
of
whose
commen-
‘tarics
Aquinas
appears
to
have
used.
Through
the
same
Moliain-
rnedan
school
came
the
so-called
Theology
of
Aristotle^
really
the
Enneads
(iv-
vi)
of
Plotinus.
Finally,
Proclus
exerted
a
profound
influence
on
the
Scholastic
philosophy
not
only
through
the
medium
of
Dionysius’
writings
but
also
directly
through
his
own,
for
it
was
his
Elements
which,
emanating
from
the
Arabians
under
the
name
of
the
Liber
de
Cmisisy
famous
in
the
middle
ages,
was
a
favourite
text-book
in
their
schools.^
'
Greith
aitributea
to
»Suso,
by
a
process
of
exclusion,
the
untitled
work
which
forms
his
.SVeond
Book.
(See
Die
dculsche
Mystiky
pp.
81
and
96.)
The
original
of
this
is
an
early
h
f
teen
th
-century
MS.
of
342
small
4to
pages
from
a
Dominican
Convent
at
St
Gall,
and
roferonco
to
the
various
Eckhart
collections
shows
it
to
be
a
‘
Teaching
System
’
mainly,
if
not
wholly,
com-
piled
from
his
writings.
*
Eckhart
a
New
Philosophers’
?
‘
The
Philosopher
’
is
Aristotle.
Aquinas
IS
called
J
ho
I
)octor,’
and
*
a
heathen
doctor
’
is
often,
but
by
no
means
always,
Averroes.
«
Soo
History
of
the
Later
Boman
A’mptVe,
J.
B.
Bury;
Macmillan,
1923.
Amcenne
Carra
de
Vaux
;
Paris,
1900.
The
Metaphysical
Elements
of
Proclusy
rhos.
M.
Johnson;
Missouri,
U.S.A.,
1909
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