trivium
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She went on to write a PhD dissertation on the effect of formal rhetoric on Shakespeare’s language, and remained an evangelist for the use of the trivium in education.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
The three arts of the trivium relate to the mind, and the four of the quadrivium to matter.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
The usual course of study in the universities was divided into what was known as the trivium and the quadrivium.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
The regular list of studies that came to be adopted everywhere comprised seven nominal branches, divided into two groups—the so-called quadrivium, comprising music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy; and the trivium comprising grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
The schools were at first held publicly in shops; hence the name trivium.
From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
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