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The Art of Memory

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The Art of Memory
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The ancient Greeks, for whom, as for all pre-written cultures, a trained memory was incredibly important, created a complex system of mnemonic techniques. Inherited and recorded by the Romans, this art of memory passed into European culture and was revived (thanks largely to Giordano Bruno) in occult form during the Renaissance. Frances Yates's book, first published in 1966, has served as the basis for all subsequent studies on the history of philosophy, science, and literature. The author traces the history of memory from the ancient Greek poet Simonides and the ancient Roman treatises, through the Middle Ages, where memory acquires a theological perspective, through the already mentioned Renaissance magical memory to the universal language of the "innocent Kabbalah," the project of which was developed by G. W. Leibniz in the seventeenth century. In addition to this major theme, Yates also touches on ancient architecture, Dante's Divine Comedy, and Shakespearean theater. The reader is offered a second, substantially revised translation of this book. Frances Amelia Yates (1899-1981) was a prominent English historian of Renaissance culture.
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