See also:

• LULL (or LvLLY), RAIMON, or RAYMOND (c. 1235-1315)

LULL (or LvLLY), RAIMON, or See also:

• RAYMOND, HENRY JARVIS (1820-1869)

RAYMOND (c. 1235-1315)  , Catalan author, mystic and missionary, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PALMA, JACOPO (c. 1480-1528)
• PALMA, or PALMA DE MALLORCA
• PALMA, or SAN MIGUEL DE LA PALMA

Palma (See also:

• MAJORCA (Mallorca)

Majorca) . Inheriting the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate conferred upon his See also:

• FATHER

father for services rendered during the victorious expedition (1229) against the Balearic Islands, See also:

• LULL (or LvLLY), RAIMON, or RAYMOND (c. 1235-1315)

Lull was married at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age to Blanca Picany, and, according to his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, led a dissipated See also:

• LIFE

life till '266 when, on five different occasions, he beheld the See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ crucified . After his See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion, he resolved to devote himself to evangelical See also:

• WORK

work among the See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen, to write an exposure of infidel errors, and to promote the teaching of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues in seminaries . He dedicated nine years to the study of Arabic, and in '275 showed such signs of See also:

• MENTAL

mental exaltation that, at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of his wife and See also:

• FAMILY

family, an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official was appointed to administer his estate . He withdrew to Randa, there wrote his Ars See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major and Ars generalis, visited See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier, and persuaded the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Majorca to build a Franciscan monastery at Miramar . There for ten years he acted as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Arabic and See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and composed many controversial See also:

• TREATISES

treatises . After a fruitless visit to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1285-'286, he journeyed to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, residing in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city from 1287 to 1289, and expounding his bewildering theories to auditors who regarded him as See also:

• HALF

half insane . In '289 he went to Montpellier, wrote his Ars veritatis inventiva, and removed to See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa where he translated this See also:

• TREATISE

treatise into Arabic . In 1291, after many timorous doubts and hesitations for which he bitterly blamed himself, Lull sailed for See also:

• TUNIS

Tunis where he publicly preached See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity for a See also:

• YEAR

year; he was finally imprisoned and expelled . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1293 he reached See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples where tradition alleges that he studied See also:

• ALCHEMY

alchemy; there appears to be no See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation for this See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, and the treatises on alchemy which See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear his name are all apocryphal' His efforts to See also:

• INTEREST

interest See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement V. and See also:

• BONIFACE (Bonifacius)
• BONIFACE, SAINT (680-754)

Boniface 1 The alchemical See also:

• WORKS

works ascribed to Lull, such as Testamentum, Codicillus seu Testamentum and Experimenta, are of early although uncertain date . De Luanco ascribes some of them to a Raimundo The circumstances of Lull's See also:

• DEATH

death caused him to be regarded as a See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr, See also:

• LOCAL

local patriotism helped to magnify his merits, and his fantastic doctrines found many enthusiastic partisans . The See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor illuminatus was venerated throughout See also:

• CATALONIA (Cataluna)

Catalonia and afterwards throughout See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, as a See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint, a thinker and a poet; but his doctrines were disapproved by the powerful Dominican See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, and in 1376 they were formally condemned in a papal See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull issued at the instance of the inquisitor, See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas See also:

• EMERIC

Emeric .

The authenticity of this document was warmly disputed by Lull's followers, and the bull was annulled by See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin V. in 1417 . The controversy was renewed in 1503 and again in 1578; but the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general support of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits and the staunch fidelity of the Majorcans saved Lull from condemnation . His philosophical treatises abound with incoherent formulae to which, according to their inventor, every demonstration in every See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science'may be reduced, and posterity has ratified See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon s disdainful See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict on Lull's pretensions as a thinker; still the fact that he See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke away from the scholastic See also:

• SYSTEM

system has recommended him to the historians of philosophy, and the subtle ingenuity of his See also:

• DIALECTIC, or DIALECTICS

dialectic has compelled the admiration of men so far apart in See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion as See also:

• GIORDANO, LUCA (1632–1705)

Giordano See also:

• BRUNO (BRUN, BRUNS) OF QUERFURT, SAINT (c. 975-1009)
• BRUNO, GIORDANO (c. 1548-1600)
• BRUNO, or BRUN (925–965)
• BRUNO, SAINT

Bruno and Leibniz . The speculations of Lull are now obsolete outside Majorca where his philosophy still flourishes, but his more purely See also:

• LITERARY

literary writings are extremely curious and interesting . In Blanquerna (1283), a novel which describes a new See also:

• UTOPIA

Utopia, Lull renews the Platonic tradition and anticipates the methods of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas More, See also:

• CAMPANELLA, TOMMASO (1568-1639)

Campanella and See also:

• HARRINGTON
• HARRINGTON, EARLS OF
• HARRINGTON, or HARINGTON, JAMES (16'1-'677)

Harrington, and in the Libre de Maravelles (1286) he adopts the See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• APOLOGUE (from the Gr. &rroXoyos, a statement or account)

apologue from Kalilah and Dimnah . And as a poet Lull takes a prominent position in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of Catalan literature; such pieces as El Desconort (1295) and Lo Cant de Ramon (1299) combine in a rare degree See also:

• SIMPLE

simple beauty of expression with sublimity of thought and impassioned sincerity .