Month: June 2019

The Quadrivium: Harmonies of the World

The four arts of the Quadrivium are Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and Astronomy. Arithmetic is number. Geometry is number in space. Music is number in time. Astronomy is number in space and time.

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The Trivium: The Architecture of Language

The three arts of the Trivium are Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric. Grammar covers the basics of language: the alphabet, vocabulary, syntax, and so forth. Logic has to do with reason and argumentation. Rhetoric is most simply defined as the art of persuasion.

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