Liberal arts

Liberal arts (Liberal arts) Free seven courses(Seven Liberal Arts) with, at todayUniversityInGeneral educationOr generalityCultureSubject (Culture level) Thing is meant.

As for the word, Japanese "藝 technique" originally, in Meiji eraWest lap (enlightening house)With it is something which is coined as meaning language of liberal art.

Primary meaning, is "study and the" free subject "which make the person free," by the fact that it learns that, is something where free human barrel culture is attached to the body.

Table of contents 1 Origin 2 Three studies 3 Four courses 4 Related item

Origin

As for the beginning of liberal artsAncient GreeceTo it goes back.Plato'Nation' With as an extra study of philosophy, ムーシケー (liberal arts) andGeometryIt is explained that study is necessary. This is culture as a free person, training for the hand made trader and the merchant it is distinguished.Ancient RomePutting, technology (アルス ars) technologies of the free person (アルテース リーベラーレース artes liberales) with mechanical is skill of the handTechnology(アルテース メーカニカエ artes mechanicae) it was distinguished. Those which translate former into English are "liberal arts". 5th centuryFrom the latter half6 centuriesApplying, free technology consists of seven subjects, it was defined "free seven courses" (セプテム アルテース リーベラーレース septem artes liberales) as. As for free seven courses furthermore, "three studies" of 3 subjects which relate to language mainly (トリウィウム trivium) with mainlyMathematics"Four courses" of 4 subjects which relate (クワードリウィウム quadrivium) it is divided into two. GrammarRhetorical studyDialectic(Logic) Four courses arithmetic geometric astronomicalMusicSo it is.PhilosophyIt was thought that it is located on higher rank of these free seven courses, rules free seven courses. Philosophy teaches logical thought furthermore as an extra study of theology. As for formation of these free seven courses,ChristianityIn order to arrange quality of education, on the basis of idea it can also see as the thing where studies ever since Greece & Rome were compiled into one book. 13th century

EuropeSo that time when the university is born, as for free seven coursesStudyIt was decided officially as a subject. Literature departmentSo you studied. Because of this even presently at the European and Australia which takes over the university system university, as for philosophy, not to be the literature department, there are times when it is taught in the philosophy section which is department of independence. At the European-American university often, the auditorium (the auditorium) the statue of the goddess which completely represents seven subjects in the high seeing is decorated the goddess image which symbolizes the respective study. Three studies

Grammar

• Logic
• Rhetorical study
• Four courses

Geometry

• Arithmetic
• Astronomy
• Music
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University seminar house

The symbol mark is the stump of green in the white ground, but 7 leaves which have been attached to that have displayed free seven subjects.

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