Septum artes liberales

The seven liberal arts.

Here, liberal art means it's for the wealthy, people who are "free" to waste time. Comes from the Middle Ages, but the notion of a set of arts/sciences as a core for the citizen's education was not new, this continues Isocrates' "paideia" and Quintilian's "ideal education".

Trivium🔗

First part of the Septum artes liberales.

The adjective "trivial" comes from the subjects in trivium, which were seen as beneath the subjects in quadrivium. Rhetoric was not given any special significance, and Aristotle's Rhetoric was largely forgotten outside the Muslim realm.

Quadrivium🔗

Advanced part of the Septum artes liberales. The "mathematical" arts…

  • Astronomy
  • Arithmetic
  • Geometry
  • Music

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