Johannes Trithemius
theologian · 2 mentions across 2 readings
In this course
Johannes Trithemius was a 15th-century German polymath and Benedictine abbot who developed combinatorial and cryptographic systems that anticipate modern computational logic. In the course readings, he appears alongside Llull, Bruno, and Kircher as part of a genealogy of recombinatory machines and symbolic wheels that prefigure contemporary coding and algorithmic systems. His work on encryption and the organization of knowledge through mechanical means bridges Renaissance occultism and the formal logic structures underlying digital systems today.
Mentioned in 2 readings
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