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liberal arts
noun
1.
the academic course of instruction at a college intended to provide general knowledge and comprising the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, as opposed to professional or technical subjects.
2.
(during the Middle Ages) studies comprising the quadrivium and trivium, including arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
Origin:
1745–55; translation of Latin artēs līberālēs works befitting a free man
1745–55; translation of Latin artēs līberālēs works befitting a free man
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| liberal arts | |
| —pl n | |
| Often shortened to: arts the fine arts, humanities, sociology, languages, and literature | |
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Word Origin & History
liberal arts
late 14c., translating L. artes liberales; the seven attainments directed to intellectual enlargement, not immediate practical purpose, and thus deemed worthy of a free man (liberal in this sense is opposed to servile or mechanical). They were divided into the trivium --
grammar, logic, rhetoric -- and the quadrivium -- arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy.
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liberal arts definition
The areas of learning that cultivate general intellectual ability rather than technical or professional skills. The term liberal arts is often used as a synonym for humanities, although the liberal arts also include the sciences. The word liberal comes from the Latin liberalis, meaning suitable for a free man, as opposed to a slave.
liberal arts definition
The areas of learning that cultivate general intellectual ability rather than technical or professional skills. Liberal arts is often used as a synonym for humanities, because literature, languages, history, and philosophy are often considered the primary subjects of the liberal arts. The term liberal arts originally meant arts suitable for free people (libri in Latin) but not for slaves.
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