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The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

Book by Jonathan D. Spence
3.8/5 · Goodreads
From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming China In 1577, the Jesuit Priest Matteo Ricci set out from Italy to bring Christian faith... Google Books
Originally published: 1984
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A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world ...
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A really fun and unique biography of Matteo Ricci. I first came across this book while studying the ancient mnemonic method of loci (i.e. memory palace). But ...
A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world ...
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Sep 3, 1985 · A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, ...
It is organized about a series of visual representations - four of them imaginary, four actual pictures - that create a richly layered and complex impression of ...
In it he recreated the medieval European idea of a memory palace -- an edifice you build in your mind and furnish with mnemonic devices. Recollection is a ...
Probing the human condition through biography has been the overriding passion of Jonathan Spence in all his work, and it is again in this book, his richest to ...
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This book is about a man, a Jesuit priest, Matteo Ricci, who used such techniques to store vast quantities of Christian scripture and European literature in his ...
Jan 24, 2023 · Matteo Ricci's 5 Memory Palace Tips For Total Memory Mastery. 1. Cultivate eloquence by using familiar buildings. Ricci grew up during a time ...
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A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world ...