It’s a hard sell to convince anyone that the Liberal Arts are “relevant” today. Most people picture endless stacks of provocative, great novels or reams of modernist poetry. And what’s the big deal with the Number Seven? And what (in the name of God, take heed) is a Quadrivium? A … Continue reading
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The Prism of the Trivium : Part I
A full-fledged ancient Trivium training would be so entirely rigorous as to preclude any modern person (saving an unusual exception) from ever participating at all in the discipline. Thus, attempting to institute a full-orbed Trivium would set the stage for its own failure, in all but exceptional cases (which of … Continue reading