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  2. Martianus Capella - Wikipedia

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    Grammar teaching, from a 10th-century manuscript of De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii. Martianus Minneus Felix Capella (fl. c. 410–420) was a jurist, polymath and Latin prose writer of late antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval education.

  3. Liberal arts education - Wikipedia

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    Philosophia et septem artes liberales, "philosophy and the seven liberal arts."From the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century). Liberal arts education (from Latin liberalis 'free' and ars 'art or principled practice') [1] is a traditional academic course in Western higher education. [2]

  4. Seven arts - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Arts, an artistic magazine; Seven Arts Productions, a movie production company; Seven Arts, an early 1990s defunct joint venture releasing company between Carolco Pictures and New Line Cinema; Seven Arts Pictures, a UK independent film production company; Seven Arts Shop, a Tudor Storybook retail shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

  5. Hortus deliciarum - Wikipedia

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    Philosophia et septem artes liberales (Philosophy and the Seven Liberal Arts), as illustrated in the Hortus deliciarum. (Description of the illumination) An illustration of the ecclesia from the Hortus deliciarum Hell, as illustrated in the Hortus deliciarum. The Devil can be seen at bottom right.

  6. Pythagoreanism - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish Pythagorean numerology developed by Philo held that God as the unique One was the creator of all numbers, of which seven was the most divine and ten the most perfect. The medieval edition of the Kabbalah focused largely on a cosmological scheme of creation, in reference to early Pythagorean philosophers Philolaus and Empedocles and ...

  7. Quadrivium - Wikipedia

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    The seven classical arts were considered "thinking skills" and were distinguished from practical arts, such as medicine and architecture. The quadrivium , Latin for 'four ways', [ 4 ] and its use for the four subjects have been attributed to Boethius , who was apparently the first to use the term [ 5 ] when affirming that the height of ...

  8. Trivium - Wikipedia

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    The trivium is the lower division of the seven liberal arts and comprises grammar, logic, and rhetoric. [ 1 ] The trivium is implicit in De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii ("On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury") by Martianus Capella , but the term was not used until the Carolingian Renaissance , when it was coined in imitation of the ...

  9. Twilight of Idols (essay) - Wikipedia

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    Following April 1917 American entry into World War I, the Seven Arts literary journal and left-wing intellectual circle began to publish several outspoken essays by Randolph Bourne, who had been ostracized from other publications for his anti-war stance, from June through October. This series ended with "Twilight of Idols" in the magazine's ...