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Excerpt from The Book of the Twelve Beguines The language chosen has been always the simplest possible, in order to retain, as far as practicable, the primitive flavour of the original; but it should be remembered that Ruysbroeck himself often uses long words, though always in their simplest signification. I have thought it useful to summarise briefly the contents of the work, and this Summary will be found immediately after the Introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. However, since its first publication (the last volume appearing in the mid-1970s) the series has become the classic account for all philosophy scholars and students. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each philosopher's work, but also explains their relationship to the work of other philosophers.
Ruysbroek was a 13th-century priest and mystic who founded an Augustinian abbey in Belgium where he wrote many religious and mystic essays. Maeterlinck's book collects together much of Ruysbroek's theories and beliefs and comments on other mystics of the time.
Hadewijch, a Flemish Beguine of the 13th century, is undoubtedly the most important exponent of love mysticism and one of the loftiest figures in the western mystical tradition.