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The Seven Liberal Arts part 3: the fragile unity of the Trivium
19 May 202622 May 2026

The Seven Liberal Arts part 3: the fragile unity of the Trivium

Essays by Harley Richardson0 comments

The third in a series exploring the educational ideal that shaped learning across Europe for centuries. Part 1 of this series traced the roots of the Seven Liberal Arts back to Ancient Greece and explored their central role in medieval Christian education. In part 2, we learned how the first three arts – Grammar, Rhetoric and Dialectic, known collectively as […]

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