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Ramon Llull
The Ars Magna — a universal combinatorial logic for demonstrating truth and converting the infidel
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where personas disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid (32 attributes) is shown.
| Attribute | Ramon Llull |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Both |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | not engaged |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Total |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| Observer · Theological Method | Rational |
| Energy · Extent | Finite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each persona's writings reveal about their stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Ramon Llull
Both — God's eternal attributes and the temporal created order. Linear, uni-directional, oriented toward the eschatological conversion of the world.
Space
Ramon Llull
Finite, three-dimensional, local. The Ptolemaic cosmos underlies Llull's cosmology; his missionary journeys presuppose concrete geography.
Matter
Ramon Llull
Substantival, conserved, local. The four elements and their combinations play a role in Llull's natural philosophy alongside the logical combinatorics of the Art.
Observer
Ramon Llull
Embodied, active, rational. The observer uses the Ars as a rational instrument to access universal truth. Knowledge can be total through the correct application of the combinatorial method.
Energy
Ramon Llull
Finite, substantival, conserved. No distinctive energy doctrine; conventional medieval Aristotelian assumptions.
Information
Ramon Llull
Discrete and conserved: the Ars treats knowledge as a finite combinatorial space of fundamental concepts, each combination yielding a determinate truth. This is one of the earliest information-theoretic intuitions in Western thought.
Internal Tensions
Where each persona's working synthesis strains against itself.
Llull's claim that the truths of faith (Trinity, Incarnation) can be demonstrated by necessary reasons was controversial in his own time and was condemned by some later authorities. His interreligious project aimed at conversion, not pluralist dialogue in the modern sense, yet his method of rational persuasion and his respect for Arabic learning set him apart from crusading contemporaries. The Ars Magna was dismissed as eccentric by many scholastics but was rediscovered by Leibniz as a forerunner of formal logic and computation.