The Lullian Socrates. Visualization and History of Philosophy
Abstract
The presence of some “Socrates” in the Ramon Llull’s "Declaratio" suggests a possible Lulian synthesis of the medieval reception of this personality from ancient philosophy, which is reflected in his behavior during this dialogue. Socrates was known among medieval masters as the founder of philosophy and ethics. He was described both in philosophical and historical works and in a considerable tradition of sentences and anecdotes from different traditions such as Arabic and vernacular. Besides, there are images of Socrates devoted to the medieval art of text transcription or dialectical exercises. Those examples will be displayed in the Lullian work, and they show Llull’s concern on ancient philosophy and its ideal of philosopher “Christianized” by the Middle Ages.
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