"To Contemplate and to Share With Others the Fruits of Contemplation."
THE SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS
Trivium (Three ways) of studying language:
Grammar - art of inventing and combining symbols
Logic or Dialectic - art of right reasoning
Rhetoric - art of persuasive communication
Quadrivium (Four ways) of studying math and science:
Arithmetic - theory of discrete quantity (i.e., number)
Geometry - theory of continuous quantity (i.e., space)
Music - application of the theory of number (to physical sounds)
Astronomy - application of theory of space (to physical, celestial objects)
Cf. Sister Miriam Joseph Rauh, C.S.C., The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric (Understanding the Nature and Function of Language),
ed. Marguerite McGlinn (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Paul Dry Books, Inc., 2002), 1.
THE SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS
Trivium (Three ways) of studying language:
Grammar - art of inventing and combining symbols
Logic or Dialectic - art of right reasoning
Rhetoric - art of persuasive communication
Quadrivium (Four ways) of studying math and science:
Arithmetic - theory of discrete quantity (i.e., number)
Geometry - theory of continuous quantity (i.e., space)
Music - application of the theory of number (to physical sounds)
Astronomy - application of theory of space (to physical, celestial objects)
Cf. Sister Miriam Joseph Rauh, C.S.C., The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric (Understanding the Nature and Function of Language),
ed. Marguerite McGlinn (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Paul Dry Books, Inc., 2002), 1.
Reading primary sources, we combine lecture style with Socratic Method round table discussion. The teacher - posed question and subsequent discussion fosters engaged students and knowledge retention.
