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rous academic curriculum that included a focus on liberal arts, culture, and practical skills. Students at ... hasizing the importance of cultural education and liberal arts in promoting racial uplift and empowerment.
rganized study, he sought mentorship from Spanish liberal thinkers in Paris — among them Francisco Giner de... tics — that persists today in much of the world's liberal primary and secondary curriculum. His political p
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he received a thorough grounding in the classical liberal arts curriculum: the Trivium of grammar, rhetoric... her. This remains the animating ideal of Catholic liberal arts education, and it positions Aquinas as one o
