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I may err but I am not a heretic, for the first has to do with the mind and the second with the will!

Meister Eckhart

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Meister Eckhart
Age: 68 †
Born: 1260
Born: January 1
Died: 1328
Died: January 1
Dominican Friar
Philosopher
Theologian
University Teacher
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Heretic
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