Mechthild of Magdeburg belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Mechthild of Magdeburg as German mystic.
Mechthild of Magdeburg was born at Archbishopric of Magdeburg in 1207. Her recorded nationality is Germany.
Thought in this period moved between the Islamic world, the Jewish communities and the Latin West, and the same texts were argued over in three traditions.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Mechthild of Magdeburg died in 1282, aged 75. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
