“Out of all the sciences above named, however, the ancients, in their studies, especially selected seven to be mastered by those who were to be educated. These seven they considered so to excel all the rest in usefulness that anyone who had been thoroughly schooled in them might afterward come to a knowledge of others by his own inquiry and effort rather than by listening to a teacher. For these, one might say, constitute the best instruments, the best rudiments, by which the way is prepared for the mind’s complete knowledge of philosophic truth. Therefore they are called by the name trivium and quadrivium, because by them, as by certain ways (viae), a quick mind enters into the secret places of wisdom.”

–Hugh of Saint Victor (Didascalicon, pp. 86-87)

Other Resources on the Liberal Arts

• Humanities Indicators: https://www.amacad.org/humanities-indicators
• National Endowment for the Humanities: https://www.neh.gov/
• National Humanities Alliance: https://www.nhalliance.org/
• National Humanities Center: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/
• Arts and Humanities in the 21^st Century Workplace: www.ah21cw.com
• Images of the Seven Liberal Arts: https://www2.naz.edu/dept/philosophy/liberal-arts-resources/classical-images-gallery/
• Organizations of Philosophy, knowledge, disciplines, the arts, and sciences by the wisest men across the western tradition: http://atlas-disciplines.unige.ch/