trivium

(noun)

In medieval universities, the trivium comprised the three subjects that were taught first: grammar, logic, and rhetoric.

Related Terms

  • Ptolemy
  • Corpus Juris Civilis
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • quadrivium
  • scholasticism
  • Aristotle

Examples of trivium in the following topics:

  • Intellectual Life

    • In Europe, young men proceeded to university when they had completed their study of the trivium—the preparatory arts of grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic or logic—and the quadrivium—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.
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  • Algebra
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
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  • Economics
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  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

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