Table of Sacred and Profane Pantosophy Redacted into the Art of Raymund Lull

so that there is nothing at all that does not lie hidden, or lie open, under this combination. Therefore, those things must be learned thoroughly before all else.

3. For the successful execution of this matter, Lullius invented four figures, which must be repeated by us in order:

The first consists of absolute predicates, and connects each of them to every other by reciprocal conversion of terms. e.g., great goodness, lasting goodness, glorious goodness, etc. reciprocally; good magnitude, good duration, good glory, etc. or in this way: in goodness there is magnitude, in magnitude there is goodness, etc.

The second contains respective predicates, which are to be combined among themselves in the same way, e.g., differing order, ordered difference, etc. in order there is difference; in difference there is order. In concordance there is no contrariety; in contrariety there is no concordance, etc.

The third is composed of absolute and respective predicates, so that the latter may be predicated of the former, and the former conversely of the latter, affirmatively or negatively, e.g., goodness is ordered, order is good, or in goodness there is order; in order there is goodness, etc.

The fourth is born from the triplication of one or the other or