 Both Ars Generalis Ultima and Ars Brevis conclude with a sequence of questions that can be formulated, and it is normally illustrated how they are answered using the combining mechanisms of the Ars. However, these are not the only questions that the Ars can answer. Llull himself explains in both texts that, above all, the Ars is an instrument to solve problems and develop arguments. Consequently, the majority of the resolved questions show the exemplary character of the use of the Ars. In the section dedicated to the teaching of the Ars, Llull notes two things. The first highlights the intention of creating an instrument to reason without appealing to authority. He writes in Ars Generalis Ultima 13–2: