The Problem of Grammar in Medieval Education – Art or Science

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Pages: 38-46
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/ROEL5723

Abstract:

This article the idea of teaching grammar in the Middle Age and development of grammar from liberal art to science. Aristotle introduced grammar as a free art and gave purpose of teaching in the liberal arts. Clement of Alexandria goes on to justify and argue that grammar is part of liberal arts. Propose symbolic method as the most suitable for teaching grammar. Boethius of Dacia objects to the medieval tradition of teaching the liberal arts and believes that they should all be seen as sciences. He argues that grammar exist and needs to be taught as an objective independent verbal unified science.

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Aristotle, Clement of Alexandria, Boethius of Dacia, liberal arts, sciences, grammar, teaching, method

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