With the new school year upon us, I have been thinking about our alumni who are enrolled in Liberal Arts programs in college. If you enjoy trivia as much as I, you might want to know that our modern Liberal Arts College Programs began with a medieval scholar, philosopher and Christian thinker of the Roman Catholic Church, Boetheius, circa 475-7 C.E. - 526 C.E. who devised a progression of accomplished studies beginning with what he dubbed the "Trivirium" (3 roads) of Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, then moving on to the Quadrivium (4 roads) of Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy and Music.  These Seven(7) "Pathways" of Learning were dubbed "The Liberal Arts," so called, because they dealt with studies about which one could only think as opposed to the "practical," or the "skills" of studies such as Medicine, Architecture, Law, etc. Only when these were "Mastered," one could then move on to the studies to become a "Doctor" (one who could "Profess" - hence, Professors) of the higher levels of wisdom found in Philosophy and Theology.
Interesting, yes? :-)