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Everything is meant to be lost, that the soul may stand in unhampered nothingness
Meister Eckhart
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Meister Eckhart
Age: 68 †
Born: 1260
Born: January 1
Died: 1328
Died: January 1
Dominican Friar
Philosopher
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Nothingness
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