The Spiritual Logic of Ramon Llull

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ID8950822
AuthorsAnthony Bonner (0000-0001-9054-0075, corresponding author), Mark D Johnston (0000-0003-3645-3637), Mark Johnston (0000-0003-2455-7252)
Year1989
Volume57
Issue2
Pages224-224
Publication date1989-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-2176 • E-ISSN: 1553-0639
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/473498
OpenAlexW1986454509
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This book is a comprehensive, critical survey of all the logical doctrines of the well-known, but little-understood Catalan philosopher and theologian Ramon Lull. The highly idiosyncratic character of his writings has long frustrated the efforts of general medieval historians to define his contribution to later Scholastic culture, and resisted attempts by specialists to explain exactly how his methods and procedures worked. This new study, the first book-length treatment in English of Lull's philosophy for over 50 years attempts to resolve both of these difficulties. The author argues that Lull's peculiar logical doctrines, like his entire project for a so-called General and Universal Art of Knowledge, result from his reinterpretation of the use of commonplace scholastic teachings according to his own preferred ethical and ideals. The product is a spiritual logic that effectively serves Lull's great goal of tracing all knowledge back to its source in the one truth, God

Art · Literature · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Thoreau and American Literature

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