Ramon LlullIn existographies, Ramon Llull (1232-1315) (IQ:#|#) (Cattell 1000:517) (GCE:44) (CR:12), aka "R. Lullius" (Croll, 1608), “Raymond Lull” (Ѻ), or "Raimundi Lulli" (Ѻ), was a Spanish polymath noted for []

Overview
In 1296, Llull published an encyclopedia entitled Tree of Science (Arbor Scientaie), which showed a tree of knowledge. [1]

In 1303, Llull made a “scale of intellect” diagram (see: great chain of being), connecting earth with the abode of god, from Liber de Ascensu et Decensu Intellectus, showing organized bodies, including fire, in the main scale, depicted as follows: [2]

Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Lull:

Cusanus owned more works by Lull than any other single author.”
— Pauline Watts (1982), Nicolaus Cusanus: a Fifteenth-Century Vision of Man (pg. 16)

Quotes | By
The following are noted quotes:

“If understanding followed no rule at all, there would be no good in the understanding nor in the matter understood, and to remain in ignorance would be the greatest good.”
— Ramon Llull (c.1300), The Hundred Names of God; cited (Ѻ) by Margaret Boden (2006) in Mind as Machine: a History of Cognitive Science, Volume 1 (pg. 56)

“Every woman is worth more when she learns to read.”
— Ramon Llull (c.1300), Publication (Ѻ)

References
1. Tree of Science (Ramon Llull) – Wikipedia.
2. Ragan, Mark A. (2009). “Trees and Networks Before and After Darwin” (Ѻ), Biology Direct, 4:43.

External links
Ramon Llull – Wikipedia.

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