Burkhard Mojsisch

contemporaryMedieval Philosophy / German Speculative Mysticism

1944 – 2015

Burkhard Mojsisch (1944–2015) was a German historian of philosophy specializing in medieval and Renaissance thought, particularly the speculative mysticism of the German Dominican tradition. A professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, he produced foundational scholarly editions and interpretations of Meister Eckhart and Dietrich of Freiberg, with sustained attention to the metaphysics of intellect, predication, and self-knowledge.

Notable Achievements

Authored the landmark study Meister Eckhart: Analogy, Univocity and Unity (2001), clarifying Eckhart's logic of predication

Produced critical scholarly editions of Dietrich of Freiberg's works on intellect and being

Advanced analysis of how quidditative predication applies only to composite (hylomorphic) beings, distinguishing intellect from substance

Contributed to the rehabilitation of medieval German philosophy as rigorous speculative metaphysics rather than mere piety

Co-edited and translated key texts in the Corpus Philosophorum Teutonicorum Medii Aevi series

Positions & Arguments(1)

Divine Attributes

claim

Predication with respect to quiddity must be of a composite being.