Ars Combinatoria, Bruno, Llull

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There is an interesting post on Ecotechnic Inklings. I recommend checking it out if you’re interested in Giordano Bruno and Ramon Llull.

I have Scott Gosnell’s translation of De Umbris Idearum, but I didn’t know about Michael Greer’s translation.

(People might also be interested in this post from the same site.)

See also:

I couldn’t find an English version of De Arte Combinatoria except for this $109 USD edition, which might not even be the entire book.

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Giordano Bruno's De monade numero et figura (On the Monad, Number and Figure)
Can someone identify this wheel, and resources on how to use it?
Alphabet of Concepts
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" an alphabet of human thought"
Oh yeah, I can see how this would be useful. I want this so bad right now, let us know if you find it in print!

That version you linked is not the complete work, but maybe the little that is there can be useful. This is the table of contents:
“1. Dissertation on the Art of Combinations, 1666 (Selections)
I. Demonstration of the Existence of God
II. Corollaries for Disputation
III. Cum Deo!
Definitions
Problems”

The original in latin seems to be available here: Dissertatio de arte combinatoria, in qua ex arithmeticae fundamentis complicationum ac transpositionum doctrina nouis praeceptis exstruitur ... noua etiam Artis meditandis, seu Logicae inuentionis semina sparguntur. Praefixa est synopsis totius tractatus, & additamenti loco demonstratio existentiae Dei, ad mathematicam certitudinem exacta autore Gottfredo Guilielmo Leibnüzio .. : Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Hi everyone,

Here is a .pdf of the De Arte Combinatoria in English mentioned in the prior post by Josh…I found it doing a Google search…I think it is just some selections:

https://www.math.ucla.edu/~pak/hidden/papers/…/Leibniz-Arte-Combinatoria.pdf

Stefos

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Hi everyone,

Good news…De Arte Combinatoria by Leibniz is now published in English but is math heavy.

Look on amazon dot com for it.

Stefos

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Is it this one?

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/leibniz-dissertation-on-combinatorial-art-9780198837954

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That’s it Joshua

Stefos

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Is the Major system a modern version of this?