As to the nature of his studies, there can be no doubt that he [Dante] went through the trivium (grammar, dialectic, rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy) of the then ordinary university course.
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Quadrivium
//kwɒˈdɹɪvɪ.əm//
Synonyms for "quadrivium" (17 found)
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9 translations across 7 languages.
French
1 entries- quadrivium noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
German
1 entries- Quadrivium noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
Greek
1 entries- τετρακτύς noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
Italian
1 entries- quadrivio noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
Latin
1 entries- quadrivium noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
Polish
2 entries- kwadrywium noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
- quadrivium noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
Romanian
2 entries- cvadrivium noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
- quadrivium noun (higher division of the seven liberal arts)
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The riddle of existence is the college curriculum that was laid before the Pharaohs, that was taught in the groves by Plato, that formed the trivium and quadrivium, and is to-day laid before the freedmen’s sons by Atlanta University.
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