Kircher: Ars Magna Sciendi (1669)
Ars Magna Sciendi
Latin
1669
532 pages
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First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
Extensive searches of scholarly catalogs and databases confirm that while Athanasius Kircher's 'Ars Magna Sciendi' (1669) is frequently cited and discussed in academic literature, no complete English translation of the work exists. Various scholarly works by Joscelyn Godwin and others contain excerpts or summaries of Kircher's ideas, but these do not constitute a full translation of the Latin text. Therefore, this work has never received a complete English translation.
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linguisticsmathematicsphilosophyhermeticismepistemologyknowledge theory
Imagine a single mathematical key capable of unlocking every mystery of the universe, from the nature of God to the composition of the physical elements. In 'Ars Magna Sciendi,' the legendary Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher unveils a 'Great Art' of symbolic logic designed to organize the sum total of human knowledge into one perfect, navigable system.
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Logic49psyllogism32pSyllogismus23pMetaphysics21pRamon Llull20pScholasticism18p
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