TY - JOUR AB - <p>The present article presents the art of memory of the sixteenth-century philosopher<br>Giordano Bruno by taking into consideration the mythological figure of Proteus.<br>Bruno’s comparison of the metaphysical Monad – aim of his philosophical quest – with<br>Proteus sheds a light on the mnemonic practice. Although Bruno is often presented as a<br>herald of modern science, the description of the Monad as Protheus, always subject to<br>new metamorphoses, and the importance of Ovidius’ Metamorphoses show him rather<br>as a representative of the Pythagorean tradition. An echo of Ovidius is also indicated in<br>Bruno’s Cena de le ceneri showing that the Pythagorean influence is also present in his<br>cosmological view on the motion of the earth.</p> AU - Manuel Mertens DA - 2009/1// DO - 10.21825/kzm.v63i0.17454 IS - 0 VL - 63 PB - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis PY - 2009 TI - Giordano Bruno’s geheugenkunst en de jacht op Proteus T2 - Handelingen - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis UR - https://openjournals.ugent.be/kzm/article/id/72091/ ER -