Opera: Reprint of the Strasbourg 1651 Edition

by Ramon Llull, Raimundus Lullus, Anthony Bonner (Preface)

A common lineament in European thinking dating from the end of the 16th century can be traced back to Ramon Llull's (1235-1316) lasting influence. In Llull's Ars generalis ultima and his Ars brevis, thinkers like Alsted and Leibniz discovered a method that merges different sciences into one organic encyclopedia of knowledge. The depiction of this method in Llull's great Artes as well as the comments by Giordano Bruno and Agrippa von Nettesheim - as compiled by the Strasbourg publisher Lazarus Zetzner in his 1651 edition - were crucial for this development. The present edition also contains the important Opus Aureum by Valerius de Valeriis. Seit Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts lasst sich unter dem nachwirkenden Einfluss Ramon Llulls (1235-1316) ein gemeinsamer Zug im europaischen Denken beobachten. In Llulls Ars generalis ultima und in seiner Ars brevis fanden Denker wie Alsted und Leibniz die Methode der Verbindung der verschiedenen Wissenschaften zu einer organischen Enzyklopadie des Wissens. Entscheidend fur die Entwicklung war die Darstellung der neuen Methode in Llulls grossen Artes und in den Kommentaren dazu von Giordano Bruno und Agrippa von Nettesheim, wie sie von dem Strassburger Verleger Lazarus Zetzner in der Ausgabe von 1651 zusammengestellt wurden. Sie enthalt zusatzlich das wichtige Opus aureum von Valerius de Valeriis.

1152 pages, Hardcover

Published May 1, 1996

About the author

Ramon Llull (c. 1232 - c. 1315), T.O.S.F. (Anglicised Raymond Lully in Latin Raimundus or Raymundus Lullus or Lullius; in Castillan Raimundo Lulio, in Portuguese Raimundo Lulio) was a Majorcan writer and philosopher, logician and a Franciscan tertiary. He is credited with writing the first major work of Catalan literature. Recently surfaced manuscripts show him to have anticipated by several centuries prominent work on elections theory. He is also considered a pioneer of computation theory, especially given his influence on Gottfried Leibniz.

Within the Franciscan Order he is honored as a martyr. He was beatified in 1857 by Pope Pius IX and his feast day was assigned to 30 June and is celebrated by the Third Order of St. Francis.