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The phrase "liberal arts" was coined in classical times. It traditionally included the "trivium" of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, and the "quadrivium" of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. One dictionary definition of "liberal arts" in the modern sense is:

The phrase "liberal arts" was coined in classical times. It traditionally included the "trivium" of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, and the "quadrivium" of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. One dictionary definition of "liberal arts" in the modern sense is:

:Academic disciplines, such as languages, literature, history, philosophy, mathematics, and science, that provide information of general cultural concern.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/61/88/L0148800.html Liberal arts], American Heritage Dictionary online</ref>

:Academic disciplines, such as languages, [[literature]], history, [[philosophy]], mathematics, and [[science]], that provide information of general cultural concern.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/61/88/L0148800.html Liberal arts], American Heritage Dictionary online</ref>

One liberal arts college expresses its modern meaning thus:

One liberal arts college expresses its modern meaning thus:

:A successful undergraduate education should primarily develop the essential skills of writing, researching, articulating and defending ideas, and working with others&mdash;the skills that prepare graduates for leadership in most any career.<ref>[http://www.williams.edu/admission/academics.php Williams College: Academics], Williams College website</ref>

:A successful undergraduate education should primarily develop the essential skills of writing, researching, articulating and defending ideas, and working with others&mdash;the skills that prepare graduates for leadership in most any career.<ref>[http://www.williams.edu/admission/academics.php Williams College: Academics], Williams College website</ref>