Paul Abelson’s The Seven Liberal Arts explains that the liberal arts were originally a fixed and ordered curriculum designed for the intellectual formation of free men, consisting of the Trivium and the Quadrivium as studied in the Classical Liberal Arts Academy today. Abelson shows that these arts were not a loose collection of subjects but a unified system aimed at preparing the mind for the pursuit of truth, and his work highlights how far the modern use of the term “liberal arts” has departed from its original meaning. Recommended reading for all in the CLAA community.
Mr. William C. Michael, O.P.
Headmaster
Classical Liberal Arts Academy