Re: VMs: evmt, database, gb, lull, etc.

[Pamela Richards <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Eric

Watch those insidious modern "interpretations"! 
Smile.
  
"If controversies were to arise, there would be no
more need of disputation between two philosophers than
between two accountants. For it would suffice to take
their pencils in their hands, and say to each other:
Let us calculate."
 
Gottfried Von Leibniz

I like this guy's thinking. 

Warmly,

Pam

--- Eric <mynumberis2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All:
> 
> Where can I find the "standard" programs mentioned
> so
> often in the archives (bitrans, monkey, etc.)? All I
> keep finding are dead links to Landini's old page...
> 
> Also, before I embark on building a database of the
> transcription(s) (I have been just parsing from text
> files using Icon for now) with page tables and
> letter
> tables and "word" tables etc., this task has been
> done
> before by members. Does anyone have a database they
> would like to share? If not, I'll go build one and
> share it (standard non-guarantees regarding
> timelines
> with freeware apply), but wanted to check first.
> 
> Finally, nice to see Giordano mentioned again. I've
> finished "The Art of Memory" and started on
> "Giordano
> Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition". The archives have
> sparse mention of him (unless my searches are
> wrong).
> Pardom me Pam (smile), but I need to read the modern
> mind summary first before I dive into the original
> text - at least I'm using a respectable source. It's
> just too damn hard for me to wrap my brain around
> the
> medieval/renaissance mindset cold turkey.
> 
> Speaking of which... blessed Ramon Lull is another
> interesting (and possibly relevant) figure. I've
> read
> what there is in Yates and gathered some on the Web,
> but he is impenetrable to me - I understand only in
> the most cursory sense his Art. Any leads on a good
> introduction to Lull's Art (that is kind to the
> modern
> Western scientific mind - so that excludes
> lullianarts.net :)? Also, I have found little
> mention
> of him in the archives. All very dead ends I guess?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
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