trivium (Q205186)

lower division of the seven liberal arts comprising grammar, logic/dialectic, and rhetoric

artes sermocinales

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
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English	trivium	lower division of the seven liberal arts comprising grammar, logic/dialectic, and rhetoric	artes sermocinales

Statements

subclass of

liberal arts education

1 reference

stated in

A Short History of Astronomy

title

trivium (English)

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followed by

quadrivium

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described by source

Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Seven Liberal Arts

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quotation

The expression ... / They are seven ... , the first embracing grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic, in other words, the sciences of language, of oratory, and of logic, better known as the artes sermocinales, or language studies; ... / The first group is considered to be the elementary group, whence these branches are also called artes triviales, or trivium, i.e. a well-beaten ground like the junction of three roads, or a cross-roads open to all. (English)