chapter one: the liberal arts
This chapter is dedicated specifically to the true meaning of the liberal arts. More importantly, how the trivium falls as a part of the liberal arts, its relevance and its importance to it. On pg 6 it clearly says: "The Trivium is the organon, or instrument of all education at all levels because of the arts of logic, grammar, and rhetoric, are the arts of communication itself - namely reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Thinking is inherent, on these four activities. Reading and listening, for example, although relatively passive, involve acting thinking, for we agree or disagree with what we read or hear." This represents the core of what the trivium stands for, what it represents, and just how crucial it is to know, as for without it I could not even convey this very message. Thus, the irony of the question (proposed by Kata during our dialogue) "Do we need to learn the trivium to know the truth?"; answer: "Without the trivium you couldn't even ask for the truth". To be fair the question was directed more to an issue further discussed on chapter 2, about concept and essence, this will be discussed on chapter 2, not here. This chapter not only illustrates the beauty of logic, grammar, and rhetoric, but also the beauty of the Quadrivium; how the liberal arts are the truest form of education, and the highest in such a ground.
Questions:
What is the "meta" question of this chapter?
- In my personal opinion, such a question would go as follows:
What is the importance and relevance of the trivium inside the liberal arts?
Questions:
What is the "meta" question of this chapter?
- In my personal opinion, such a question would go as follows:
What is the importance and relevance of the trivium inside the liberal arts?
