Article ID: CBB001201187

Memory and Geometry in Bruno: Some Analogies (2014)

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In 1588 the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno wrote a treatise against the mathematicians and philosophers of his time (Articuli centum et sexaginta adversus huius tempestatis mathematicos atque philosophos), which he dedicated to the emperor Rudolph II. The `oddities' thus presented to the emperor, as an alternative to sixteenth-century mathematics, have been studied from both a mathematical and a philosophical point of view. In addition to the philosophical approach, this article indicates analogies between the Nolan's geometry and his art of memory. Bearing in mind that Bruno was a teacher in the ars memoriae, the manner in which mnemonic aspects are woven into his mathematical thinking is brought out.

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Authors & Contributors
Rossini, Paolo
Lee, Eunsoo
Frank, Martin
Ulivi, Elisabetta
Smith, James T.
Rodríguez-Consuegra, Francisco A.
Concepts
Mathematics
Geometry
Philosophy of mathematics
Mathematical instruments
Teaching; pedagogy
Astronomy
Time Periods
16th century
Renaissance
17th century
Early modern
Ancient
20th century, late
Places
Italy
Turin (Italy)
Greece
France
Europe
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