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Ep. 59: What is a Classical Education?

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The Marriage of Philology and Mercury

Philosophy is a marriage of philology and mercury. The three basic ones are grammar, dialectic and rhetoric. Then it moves on into geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music or harmonyrate. These two things make up seven ra and they become the handmaidens of philosophy. And so i am now going to read to you from the consolations of philosophy about how we should regard right these seven arts that i mention.

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