Ars memoriae and scriptura interna

A metaphorological account on the De umbris idearum

Sara Taglialatela

• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9783847113966
• eBook ISBN: 9783847013969
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: History & Theory of Philosophy

This study is concerned with Giordano Bruno's ars memoriae and the relation between his works on mnemonics and philosophy in the first phase of his reflection (1582–1585). The hermeneutic hypothesis that will be explored is that it is Giordano Bruno's De umbris idearum that first reveals his new elaboration of the notion of order, which will then be further unfolded in the philosophical works published in London, especially in the notions of nature, language, and praxis developed therein. The research statement is explored into more detail on a methodological level, through a discussion of Hans Blumenberg's interpretation of Giordano Bruno, and on an analytical level, through a metaphorological interpretation of the inward writing and the shadow metaphors in the De umbris idearum.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Body
• Preface
• List of figures
• Notes on the text
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Mnemonics and theories of the memory
• Chapter 2: Studying Giordano Bruno's ars memoriae from a metaphorological perspective
• Chapter 3: Hans Blumenberg as an interpreter of the Modern Age: A critique of the historical category of secularization
• Chapter 4: From metaphorology as an auxiliary discipline of the history of philosophy to metaphorology as a discipline of attention
• Chapter 5: On Blumenberg's interpretation of Giordano Bruno
• Chapter 6: “Ad internam scripturam, et non vulgares per memoriam operationes explicates”
• Concluding remarks
• Bibliography
• Figures