{"product_id":"the-trivium-the-liberal-arts-of-logic-grammar-and-rhetoric-9780967967509","title":"The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho sets language policy today? Who made whom the grammar doctor? Lacking the equivalent of l'Académie française, we English speakers must find our own way looking for guidance or vindication in source after source. McGuffey's Readers introduced nineteenth-century students to \"correct\" English. Strunk and White's \u003ci\u003eElements of Style\u003c\/i\u003e and William Safire's column, \"On Language,\" provide help on diction and syntax to contemporary writers and speakers. Sister Miriam Joseph's book, \u003ci\u003eThe Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e, invites the reader into a deeper understanding--one that includes rules, definitions, and guidelines, but whose ultimate end is to transform the reader into a liberal artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA liberal artist seeks the perfection of the human faculties. The liberal artist begins with the language arts, the trivium, which is the basis of all learning because it teaches the tools for reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Thinking underlies all these activities. Many readers will recognize elements of this book: parts of speech, syntax, propositions, syllogisms, enthymemes, logical fallacies, scientific method, figures of speech, rhetorical technique, and poetics. \u003ci\u003eThe Trivium\u003c\/i\u003e, however, presents these elements within a philosophy of language that connects thought, expression, and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Trivium\" means the crossroads where the three branches of language meet. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, students studied and mastered this integrated view of language. Regrettably, modern language teaching keeps the parts without the vision of the whole. Inspired by the possibility of helping students \"acquire mastery over the tools of learning\" Sister Miriam Joseph and other teachers at Saint Mary's College designed and taught a course on the trivium for all first year students. \u003ci\u003eThe Trivium\u003c\/i\u003e resulted from that noble endeavor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe liberal artist travels in good company. Sister Miriam Joseph frequently cites passages from William Shakespeare, John Milton, Plato, the Bible, Homer, and other great writers. The Paul Dry Books edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Trivium\u003c\/i\u003e provides new graphics and notes to make the book accessible to today's readers. Sister Miriam Joseph told her first audience that \"the function of the trivium is the training of the mind for the study of matter and spirit, which constitute the sum of reality. The fruit of education is culture, which Mathew Arnold defined as 'the knowledge of ourselves and the world.'\" May this noble endeavor lead many to that end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Is the trivium, then, a sufficient education for life? Properly taught, I believe that it should be.\"--Dorothy L. Sayers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Trivium\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly recommended and welcome contribution to any serious and dedicated writer's reference collection.\"--\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSister Miriam Joseph (1898-1982) earned her doctorate from Columbia University. A member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Sister Miriam was professor of English at Saint Mary's College from 1931 to 1960. She was also the author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language\u003c\/i\u003e and many articles on Shakespeare and on the trivium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Dry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615510532370,"sku":"9780967967509","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b912644a-069f-482a-93da-9fdc11905d3a.jpg?v=1732491933","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-trivium-the-liberal-arts-of-logic-grammar-and-rhetoric-9780967967509","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}