The meaning of Antiquity: Septem Liberales Artes
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Keywords

knowledge
mental education
liberal arts
philosophy
Plato’s cave
tree of wisdom

How to Cite

Dürüşken, Çiğdem. (2019). The meaning of Antiquity: Septem Liberales Artes. Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae Et Latinae, 28(2), 65–75. https://doi.org/10.14746/sppgl.2018.XXVIII.2.5

Abstract

The article aims to address the meaning of Antiquity as it appears in the educational system of this most influential civilization.

https://doi.org/10.14746/sppgl.2018.XXVIII.2.5
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