Question
A Borges essay describes this man’s circular diagram of divine attributes, with the letter A in the center symbolizing God and edges connected to virtues labeled B through K, as his “Thinking Machine.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Majorcan philosopher who theorized sixteen “dignities of God” as part of a universal logic system designed to prove the truth of Christianity. Pierre Menard studied this philosopher whose magnum opus is titled Art.
ANSWER: Ramon Llull [or Raymond Lully; accept “Raymond Llull’s Thinking Machine”]
[10e] In her history on The Art of [this practice], Frances Yates wrote about the use of Llull’s Art for this purpose. Cicero recommended doing this task using the method of loci, also called this task’s namesake “palace.”
ANSWER: memory [accept The Art of Memory; accept equivalents like remembering or memorizing; accept memory palace]
[10m] In addition to the circle, Llull created one of these diagrams to aid in the “artificial memory” of his Art. Most of Llull’s works illustrate “scales of being” with examples of these diagrams typically named for Porphyry.
ANSWER: tree diagrams [accept Tree of Memory; accept tree of Porphyry or Porphyrian tree]
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