Beatrijs of Nazareth 1200 – 1268
Beatrijs of Nazareth (1200 – 1268) was a Flemish philosopher of the Medieval era, associated with Christian Philosophy.
Beatrijs of Nazareth was a thirteenth-century Cistercian nun, mystic, and philosopher of the Low Countries, prioress of the abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth near Lier in the southern Low Countries. Her Seven Manners of Love, the only surviving work in her own Middle Dutch hand, set out a philosophical phenomenology of the seven progressive ways in which divine love possesses the soul, from the first stirring desire for purification through the wounded longing of the third manner to the final manner in which the soul rests in eternity in the very being of God. Her work belongs, with Hadewijch and Mechthild, to the great Beguine and Cistercian mystical philosophy of thirteenth-century Northern Europe.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Flemish
- Era
- Medieval
- Movements
- Christian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“Love has seven manners, and each is a kingdom in itself.”
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“What the soul desires above all other things, it does not yet know how to ask for.”
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“The wound of love is the proof that one is alive in love.”
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“To rest in eternity is to lose nothing of the self that one had to give.”
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“There is no last manner of love; there is only the manner that is given to one this hour.”
Frequently asked about Beatrijs of Nazareth
- When did Beatrijs of Nazareth live?
- Beatrijs of Nazareth was born in 1200 and died in 1268.
- Where was Beatrijs of Nazareth from?
- Beatrijs of Nazareth was a Flemish philosopher of the Medieval era.
- What philosophical movements is Beatrijs of Nazareth associated with?
- Beatrijs of Nazareth was associated with Christian Philosophy.
- What was Beatrijs of Nazareth known for?
- Beatrijs of Nazareth was a thirteenth-century Cistercian nun, mystic, and philosopher of the Low Countries, prioress of the abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth near Lier in the southern Low Countries.
- How many quotes are attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Beatrijs of Nazareth in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.