Ars magna

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Figure A

(Bonner, 2011)

Figure T

(Bonner, 2011)

Third figure

(Bonner, 2011)

Fourth Figure

(Bonner, 2011)

The theological idea behind Llull’s system is that the nine attributes should be universally valid across all cultures and religions, so that the Ars, by providing an objective, formal system for creating statements from these universal truths, could prove the single truth of Christian religion and be used as a missionary device.

(Cramer, 2005, p.37)

	Fig. A	Fig. T	Questions	Subjects	Virtues	Vices
B	goodness	difference	whether?	God	justice	avarice
C	greatness	concordance	what?	angel	prudence	gluttony
D	eternity	contrarierty	of what?	heaven	fortitude	lust
E	power	beginning	why?	man	temperance	pride
F	wisdom	middle	how much?	imaginative	faith	accidie
G	will	end	of what kind?	sensitive	hope	envy
H	virtue	majority	when?	vegetative	charity	ire
I	truth	equality	where?	elementative	patience	lying
K	glory	minority	how?	instrumentative	pity	inconstancy

(Cramer, 2005)

Bonner, A. (2011) ‘What was Llull up to?’, in Fidora, A. and Sierra, C. (eds) Ramon Llull: From the Ars Magna to Artificial Intelligence. Barcelona, Spain: Artificial Intelligence Research Institute.

Cramer, F. (2005) Words Made Flesh. Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute. Available at: [link]

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