埃克哈特大师(Meister Eckhart)是一位德国神学家、哲学家和神秘主义者，出生在神圣罗马帝国图林根州的Landgraviate。十多岁时便加入道明会并任高级职务。作为布道者他效力极高，其讲道方法给同时代人和后来者留下了极深刻的印象。对于德语哲学术语的创制也作出重大贡献。其关注的最主要问题是日常生活中持续精神实践的原理的传播。他非传统的，有时甚至是挑衅性的言论常常与当时的普遍信仰相抵触，故而引起了轰动。比如他认为，“灵魂的根基”不像所有的动物是被上帝所创造的，但是神圣的，非受造的。灵的的原因即神性，是瞬间表现的。

Eckhart von Hochheim O.P. (c. 1260 – c. 1328), commonly known as Meister Eckhart [ˈmaɪ̯stɐ ˈɛkʰaʀt], was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire.

Eckhart came into prominence during the Avignon Papacy, at a time of increased tensions between monastic orders, diocesan clergy, the Franciscan Order, and Eckhart's Dominican Order of Preachers. In later life, he was accused of heresy and brought up before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition, and tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII. He seems to have died before his verdict was received.