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To: Fhios

The sciences and math are considered liberal arts.


24 posted on 05/02/2018 12:54:14 PM PDT by wrcase
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To: wrcase

Under the classical definitions then yes!
The seven liberal arts:

trivium—the verbal arts: grammar, logic, and rhetoric;

quadrivium—the numerical arts: arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.

quadrivium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrivium

Trivium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivium


27 posted on 05/02/2018 1:01:47 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: wrcase

STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Liberal arts ... “Academic disciplines, such as languages, literature, history, philosophy, mathematics, and science, that provide information of general cultural concern: “The term ‘liberal arts’ connotes a certain elevation above utilitarian concerns. Yet liberal education is intensely useful” ( George F. Will).

You either know or you don’t.


37 posted on 05/02/2018 1:38:08 PM PDT by Fhios (Mr. Magoo, where are you?)
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