Trivium: The Classical Liberal Arts of Grammar, Logic, & Rhetoric 1632864967, 9781632864963

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TRIVIUM THE CLASSICAL LIBERAL ARTS OF

GRAMMAR, LOGIC, & RHETORIC

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Collection copyright© Wooden Books Ltd. 2016 Euphonies copyright© 2006 byJohn Michell Grammar copyright© 201.2 by Rachel Holley Poetic Meter &Form copyright© 2015 by Octavia Wynne Logic copyright© 2016 by Earl Fontainelle Rhetoric copyright© .2015 by Adina Arvac u & Andrew Aberdein Ethics copyright© 2015 by Gregory Beabout & Mike Hannis Proverbs copyright© 2015 by Alice O'Neill Ocher appendix pages© 20l6 by Stephen Parsons, Adam Tetlow, &John Martineau

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CONTENTS Editor's Preface

1

John Martineau

Book I

Euphonies

7

John Michell

Book II

Grammar

55

Rachel Holley

Book III

Poetic Meter & Form 115 Octavia Wynne

Book IV

Logic

175

Earl Fontainelle

Book v

Rhetoric 235 Adina Arvatu & Andrew Aberdein

Book VI

Ethics

295

Gregory Beabout & Mike Hannis

Appendices

Character & Narrative Adam Tetlow 356 The Art of Memory John Martineau 362 Proverbs Alice O'Neill 366 Index

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