LIBERAL ARTS. Originally the program of studies in the Middle Ages, suited for free men. They had been first proposed by Plato in the Republic (III) and adopted by Christian educators as the foundation for more specialized study in law, medicine, and theology. There were seven liberal arts, divided into the trivium and quadrivium.
See also QUADRIVIUM, TRIVIUM.
The Seven Liberal Arts of mediæval university, without which a man was not considered educated.
They were juxtaposed to the Seven Mechanical Arts by John Scotus Eriugena, the 9th century theologian and philosopher, who defined the mechanical arts as,
The Seven Liberal Arts of mediæval university, without which a man was not considered educated.
They were juxtaposed to the Seven Mechanical Arts by John Scotus Eriugena, the 9th century theologian and philosopher, who defined the mechanical arts as,
- vestiaria (tailoring, weaving)
- agricultura (agriculture)
- architectura (architecture, masonry)
- militia and venatoria (warfare and hunting, dealing with weaponry)
- mercatura (trade)
- coquinaria (cooking)
- metallaria (smithing)
I suppose a truly educated man would be versed in all fourteen!
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