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Ramon Llull , Retorica nova,

by J. Batalla, L. Cabre, M. Ortin (eds.);

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Turnhout Brepols 2006. Hardback, 222 pages., 150 x 210 mm. ISBN 9788493443429. Originally written in Catalan in 1301, Raimundus Lullus's Retorica nova has been preserved only in a Latin translation dating to 1303. The text was part of a mature and ambitious intellectual project by Lullus aimed at rethinking the curriculum subjects (the arts of the trivium and the quadrivium) from the concepts and combinatory provided by his Art. In Lullus's Retorica nova rhetorical and linguistic ideas inherited from previous traditions can be distinguished: the word is the vox significativa conveying a concept, as pointed out by Aristotle; for its part, rhetoric is the art of rendering such word pleasant and beautiful so that speakers and listeners should converge at one same aim, as stated by rhetorical manuals in Lullus's own time. Lullus goes, however, beyond this tradition. His rhetoric is new inasmuch as, in Lullus's own text, expression, beauty and persuasion follow the principles of his Art, and are subjected to the truth which the Art is capable of revealing in every designated being. The resulting doctrine is both theoretical and applied: not only does it investigate beauty, order and suitability in the word (verbum) and in the speech (sermo) but it also draws precepts which are valid for all sorts of communication, from civic oratory to praying. Practical by nature, these precepts do not neglect the instrumental function of the word, subordinated to the human duty to serve God in accordance with the intentio prima which guides Lullus's thought. Dans le systeme de l'Art lullien, expose dans l'Ars generalis ultima, les arts du langage font partie du sujet qui concerne la puissance instrumentativa ou ?«artificielle?» de l'etre humain. Llull reconnait que le discours (sermo) rhetoriquement bien construit et la parole (verbum) rhetoriquement bien ordonnee ont pour but de devenir l'instrument qui aide l'homme a mener a bien ce a quoi il est oblige par sa nature : servir son Seigneur Dieu (servire Deo). Ainsi, la rhetorique est-elle utile a '?homme puisqu'elle lui permet de conduire le langage a la poursuite d'une bonne fin. Ainsi, la persuasion a une dimension ontologique parce qu'elle amene les paroles, et l'usage qu'on peut en faire, a saisir la verite meme des choses. En ce sens, la parole ordonnee selon la rhetorique revele et releve ce qu'il y a de plus noble et de plus parfait dans tous les etres, ce en quoi nous pouvons decouvrir une empreinte des Dignites divines. La division du livre en quatre parties (Ordre, Beaute, Science et Charite) repond a cette orientation ontologique qui finalement devient une ethique chretienne. L'Ordre, ou disposition dont les paroles ont besoin pour etre intelligibles, est le fondement de la beaute. La Beaute, autant qu'elle peut attribuer aux paroles la grace exigee par leur signification (decore congruo venustare), constitue le noyau de la rhetorique. La Science, comprise comme la competence de gerer la parole suivant les principes de l'Art, nous enseigne la maniere d'obtenir la beaute recherchee. Finalement la Charite, qui est la condition prealable pour que la beaute soit authentique, apparait comme le bien ultime auquel les belles paroles doivent parvenir. En suivant saint Augustin, la rhetorique lullienne vise a l'accomplissement de l'intentio prima de la vie humaine : arriver a l'amour et s'y reposer. En repondant au commandement de la charite, Llull a ecrit une rhetorique qui est ?«nouvelle?» parce qu'elle, d'une facon toute neuve en son temps, ordonne les paroles suivant la rigueur philosophique de l'Art, en attendant qu'un jour l'amour les rende superflues. Languages : Catalan, Latin.

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Ramon Llull , Retorica nova,
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J. Batalla, L. Cabre, M. Ortin (eds.);
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ISBN 10
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Turnhout Brepols 2006
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