Doctor illuminatusFor 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 |
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