Published in Languages and Cultures in Tradition

This article examines the central role of the concepts esse, intelligere, and vivere in Meister Eckhart’s thought. Starting from his ontology of esse, which identifies God as being itself and the foundation of all things, the study explores how Eckhart articulates this perspective with the primacy of intelligere, understood as the divine intellect and the very ground of being. The analysis highlights his departure from Thomistic metaphysics and from the Exodus tradition, by affirming that God is not primarily ens but intellect and knowledge. Finally, the article addresses the notion of vivere as fullness of life, manifested in the union of the soul with the eternal Logos. Thus, it becomes evident that, for Eckhart, the human spiritual journey consists in transcending the realm of created being to partake in divine life, where intellect and the inner word become the place of God’s birth within the soul.