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Ramon Llull (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Ramon Llull (1232–1316) is an amazing figure in the field of philosophy during the Middle Ages. He is currently recognized as the author of Ars Magna, a combining logical system to discover the truth, conceived as an instrument to be used in interfaith dialogue to convert infidels. In the Ars Llull’s theological, metaphysical, and logical conceptions are amply illustrated, and they were developed throughout his more than 200 written works in Catalan, Arabic, and Latin. He is known for being among the first authors to use his vernacular language, Catalan, to communicate his thought. Ramon Llull (also called Raymond Lully or Raymond Lull; in Latin, Raimundus or Raymundus Lullus or Lullius) led an exceptional and extraordinarily fruitful life, unusually long for a medieval man, filled with adventures and guided by his philosophical, religious, and political convictions, which invariably permeated his work. He was born in Majorca in 1232, possibly in 1233. His parents, Ramon Amat Llull and

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