Doctor illuminatus

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Princeton University Press, 1993 - Literary Criticism - 380 pages

For this new anthology, Anthony Bonner has chosen central texts from his acclaimed two-volume compilation Selected Works of Ramon Llull (Princeton, 1985). Available for the first time in an affordable format, these works serve as an introduction to the life and writings of the Catalan (properly, Majorcan) philosopher, mystic, and theologian who lived from 1232 to 1316. Founder of a school of Arabic and other languages, Llull was also a poet and novelist and one of the creators of literary Catalan.

This volume contains three prefaces on Llull's life, thought, and reputation. Of Llull's works, it offers Book of the Gentile and the Three Wise Men, his seminal Christian apology; the Ars brevis, a summary of his philosophical system; The Book of the Lover and the Beloved, a celebration of mystical love in the courtly tradition; and his wittily scathing Book of the Beasts.

 

Contents

Historical Background and Life
1
Llulls Thought
45
The History of Lullism
57
The Book of the Gentile and the Three Wise Men
73
Introduction
75
Prologue
83
Book I
90
Book II
96
Part I Which Treats of the Alphabet of This Art
295
Part II Which Treats of the Four Figures
297
Part III Which Treats of the Definitions of the Principles
306
Part IV Which Treats of Rules
308
Part V Which Treats of the Table
313
Part VI Which Treats of the Evacuation of the Third Figure
315
Part VII Which Treats of the Multiplication of the Fourth Figure
318
Part VIII Which Treats of Mixture of Principles and Rules
320

Book III Which Treats of the Christian Religion
116
Book IV
137
Epilogue
158
The Book of the Lover and the Beloved
170
Text
185
The Book of the Beasts
236
Text
243
Ars brevis
286
Introduction
288
Prologue
294
Part IX Which Treats of the Nine Subjects
322
Part X Which Treats of Application
332
Part XI Which Treats of Questions
341
Part XII Which Treats of Habituation
359
Part XIII Which Treats of the Method for Teaching This Art
360
Epilogue
361
Suggestions for Further Reading
362
Index of Llulls Works
366
General Index
370
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