The Latin Works of Giordano Bruno

A white rectangular bookplate label is pasted onto a decorative marbled endpaper featuring a "peacock" or combed pattern in shades of red, blue, cream, and yellow. At the top of the label is the circular seal of the University of California. The seal depicts an open book with a sunburst behind it and a banner reading "LET THERE BE LIGHT". The border of the seal is inscribed "SEAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · 1868 ·".

ON THE CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE OF THE DUAL.

19th Seal.

A has around itself B and C; B has D and E; C has E and F; D has G and H; E has I and K; F has L and M; G has N and O;
5 H has P and Q; I has R and S; K has T and V; L has X and Z; M has a and b; N has c and d; O has e and f; P has g and h; Q has i and k; R has l and m; S has n and o; T has p and q; V has r and s; X has t and v; Z has x and z.
This seal describes a branching tree structure where each letter generates two more, creating a "circular" or "encyclical" expansion of pairs—essentially a binary system—used for organizing information in memory.

ON THE COMPOSITE AND THE ELEMENT.

20th Seal.

10 An epigram or an ode recalled to me a counted group of ten. This poem was divided into its own distinct parts: first it suggested books of sections, then chapters of books, and shortly thereafter portions of chapters. Meanwhile, the universal and general subject matter brought forth 15 reasoned original: ratiocinativos discourses, and these produced for me their own propositions and maxims. From these, what could have prevented an approach toward simple or "elementary" terms? Thus, "I HATE" original: ODI of the first part, "THE UNINITIATED" original: PROFANUM of the second, "RABBLE" original: VULGUS of the third, "AND I DRIVE AWAY" original: ET ARCEO of the fourth Bruno is quoting the famous opening of Horace’s Odes, Book 3, Ode 1: "Odi profanum vulgus et arceo." He uses this well-known verse to demonstrate how a complex thought can be broken down into individual "elements" or keywords for memory storage., revealed...