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Ramon Llull and the secret of life / Amador Vega ; translated by James W. Heisig.
Van Pelt Library B765.L84 V4413 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vega, Amador.
- Standardized Title:
- Ramon Llull y el secreto de la vida. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.
- Llull, Ramon.
- Philosophers--Spain--Biography.
- Philosophers.
- Spain.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Crossroad Pub., [2003]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Spanish.
- Summary:
- The colorful life and work of Ramon Llull, the famous Catalan mystic, poet, philosopher, and early proponent of inter-religious dialogue.
- Contents:
- The secret of life
- Conversion: 1232-1263
- Formation: 1263-1274
- Contemplation: 1274-1283
- Preaching: 1283-1316
- Wisdom and compassion
- A cosmic christology
- The body of contemplation
- The enlightened descent
- The alchemy of language
- Conversion and conversation
- Contemplative prayer
- Language and destruction
- The animals, metals, and plants speak
- Epilogue: the hermeneutic of the secret
- Notes
- Selections from the writings of Ramon Llull
- The book of contemplation on God
- The book of the gentile and the three wise men
- Blanquerna
- The book of the lover and the beloved
- Felix, or the book of wonders
- The tree of knowledge
- Disconsolation
- The song of Ramon
- Ars brevis
- Contemporary life.
- Notes:
- "A Herder & Herder book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 082452117X
- OCLC:
- 51581731
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