The second in a series of articles about a remarkable medieval curriculum which took freedom as its start point and had truth as its end. In the previous post I traced the evolution of the Seven Liberal Arts from their roots in ancient Greece to their maturity in the medieval Christian era. This time I will take a closer look […]
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The Seven Liberal Arts part 1: tools for learning
The first in a series of articles about a remarkable medieval curriculum which took human freedom as its starting point and truth as its end. Its tempting to assume that the education of the past consisted of little more than rote learning and the 3Rs, served with a dollop of handed-down religious morality. Critical thinking is widely assumed in education […]