THE INFLUENCE OF THE RENAISSANCE’S ART OF MEMORY ON DESCARTES’ PHILOSOPHY
The Renaissance’s sources of Descartes’ method are discussed in this article. Main attention is paid to the cabbalistic principles of Ramon Lull’s "Short Art" and Brunian and Ramist art of memory. Descartes knew Lull’s art to which he reffered to in very derogatory terms. The same logical...
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| Language: | English |
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Vilnius University Press
1998-01-01
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| Series: | Problemos |
| Online Access: | https://www12032.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/4264 |