trivium (Q205186)

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lower division of the seven liberal arts comprising grammar, logic/dialectic, and rhetoric
  • artes sermocinales
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trivium
lower division of the seven liberal arts comprising grammar, logic/dialectic, and rhetoric
  • artes sermocinales

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trivium (English)
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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)

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