trivium
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The three arts of the trivium relate to the mind, and the four of the quadrivium to matter.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
She went on to write a PhD dissertation on the effect of formal rhetoric on Shakespeare’s language, and remained an evangelist for the use of the trivium in education.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
The regular list of studies that came to be adopted everywhere comprised seven nominal branches, divided into two groups—the so-called quadrivium, comprising music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy; and the trivium comprising grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
The usual course of study in the universities was divided into what was known as the trivium and the quadrivium.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
He doubted "that the curriculum of any modern university shows so clear and generous a comprehension of what is meant by culture as this old trivium and quadrivium did."
From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.
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