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To be properly expressed a thing must proceed from within, moved by its form: it must come, not in from without but out from within.

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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Thing
Expressed
Properly
Moved
Within
Form
Come
Without

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