The Art of Memory

In this classic study of how people learned to retain vast stores of knowledge before the invention of the printed page, Frances A. Yates traces the art of memory from its treatment by Greek orators, through its Gothic transformations in the Middle Ages, to the occult forms it took in the Renaissance, and finally to its use in the seventeenth century. This book, the first to relate the art of memory to the history of culture as a whole, was revolutionary when it first appeared and continues to mesmerize readers with its lucid and revelatory insights.

• Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition
• De Umbris Idearum: On the Shadows of Ideas
• The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
• Cicero: Rhetorica ad Herennium (Loeb Classical Library No. 403) (English and Latin Edition)
• The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
• The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (Routledge Classics) (Volume 98)
• The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age (Routledge Classics) (Volume 73)
• Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
• How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week: 50 Proven Ways to Enhance Your Memory Skills
• The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play