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The liberal arts education (Latin: artes liberales) is a type of education with those subjects or skills that in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free person, in other words, a citizen, to know in order to take an active part in civic life and public debate and most importantly, military service (slaves and resident aliens were by definition excluded from the duties and responsibilities of citizenship). The aim of these studies was to produce a virtuous, knowledgeable, and articulate person. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. During medieval times, when learning came under the purview of the Church, these subjects (called the Trivium) were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music, and astronomy (which included the study of astrology). This extended curriculum was called the Quadrivium. Together the Trivium and Quadrivium constituted the seven liberal arts of the medieval university curriculum. In the Renaissance, the Italian humanists, who in many respects continued the grammatical and rhetorical traditions of the Middle Ages, rechristened the old Trivium with a new and more ambitious name: Studia humanitatis, and also increased its scope. They excluded logic and added to the traditional Latin grammar and rhetoric not only history, Greek, and moral philosophy (ethics), but made poetry, once a sequel of grammar and rhetoric, the most important member of the whole group. The educational curriculum of humanism spread throughout Europe during the sixteenth century and became the educational foundation for the schooling of European elites, the functionaries of political administration, the clergy of the various legally recognized churches, and the learned professions of law and medicine. The ideal of a liberal arts, or humanistic education grounded in classical languages and literature persisted until the middle of the twentieth century.
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| Fr. Herve de la Tour, "The Seven Liberal Arts", Ed... Fr. Herve de la Tour, "The Seven Liberal Arts", Edocere, a Resource for Catholic Education, February 2002. Thomas Aquinas's definition of and justification for a liberal arts education. www.edocere.org/articles/7_liberal_arts.htm - Web |
| Otto Willmann. "The Seven Liberal Arts". In The Ca... Otto Willmann. "The Seven Liberal Arts". In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. Retrieved August 13, 2012. www.newadvent.org/cathen/01760a.htm - Web |
| "The Aim of Liberal Education", Andrew Chrucky, Se... "The Aim of Liberal Education", Andrew Chrucky, September 1, 2003. www.ditext.com/chrucky/aim.html - Web |
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| Philosophy of Liberal Education Philosophy of Liberal Education www.ditext.com/libed/libed.html - Web |
| Mark Peltz, "The Liberal Arts and Leadership", Col... Mark Peltz, "The Liberal Arts and Leadership", College News (The Annapolis Group), May 14, 2012. collegenews.org/.../the-liberal-arts-and-leadership.html - Web |
| "Liberal Arts at the Community College", an ERIC F... "Liberal Arts at the Community College", an ERIC Fact Sheet. ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges Los Angeles CA. www.ericdigests.org/1992-1/liberal.htm - Web |
| "A Descriptive Analysis of the Community College L... "A Descriptive Analysis of the Community College Liberal Arts Curriculum". ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges Los Angeles CA www.ericdigests.org/pre-926/liberal.htm - Web |
| The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. www.liberalarts.wabash.edu/wabash-study-2010-overview/ - Web |
| Trivium Education Trivium Education www.triviumeducation.com - Web |
