"Enaxi as the sailor goes on his journey ". About the marine images of the Book of contemplation in God by Ramon Llull

The metaphor about the love and the sea is a motif that has a long textual tradition. In his works, Llull uses various figures of speech at the service of his apologetic aims. An example is the nautical and commercial terminology that is regularly used to express Llull's thought. This is stated throughout his great work, the Llibre de Contemplacio, in which the marine motif appears repeatedly with a clear moral and epistemological purpose. Specifically, in the LC we find the simile in various forms with a remarkable specific purpose. To show this specificity the similar will be compared to the marine metaphor that appears in the Llibre d'amic e amat, closer to the literary tradition, within the mechanics of the knowledge of mystical love.