quadrivium (Q273822)

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liberal arts of astronomy, arithmetic, music and geometry
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quadrivium
liberal arts of astronomy, arithmetic, music and geometry

    Statements

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    trivium
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    described by source
    New International Encyclopedia
    statement is subject of
    The New International Encyclopædia/Quadrivium
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    reference URL
    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_International_Encyclop%C3%A6dia/Quadrivium
    quotation
    QUADRIV'IUM / ... / The quadrivium consisted of arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy. These four studies compose the secondary part of the curriculum outlined by Plato in The Republic, and are described in the seventh book of that work. / ... (English)
    Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Seven Liberal Arts
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    quotation
    The expression ... / They are seven ... ; the second group comprises arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music, i.e. the mathematico-physical disciplines, known as the artes reales, or physicae. / ... / Socrates having ... / In the "Republic" ... / The intermediate course embraces the mathematical branches, viz. arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music, (English)
    The Republic
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    reference URL
    http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.8.vii.html
    quotation
    I should ... / Can we deny that a warrior should have a knowledge of arithmetic? // You mean geometry? // True. / ... / But what do you say of music, ... // Let us ... / And suppose we make astronomy the third ... / True ... / Then ... , let us go on to astronomy, which will be fourth. (English)
    contributor to the creative work or subject
    Benjamin Jowett

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    MathWorld ID
    Quadrivium
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    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
    06182010-n
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