The FORGOTTEN Education System That Created Da Vinci (And Why Modern School FAILED Us)

Описание: Did you know that intellectual giants like Da Vinci, Erasmus, and Bacon were all trained using a method that modern schools abandoned?

For 1,500 years, the foundation of Western education was the Classical Trivium: a universal learning method that focused on building cognitive tools, not just memorizing content.

In this deep dive, we uncover the three stages that defined a polymath:
1. Grammar: Understanding language and structural rules.
2. Logic: Mastering reasoning and analytical skills.
3. Rhetoric: Developing powerful, persuasive communication.
Students mastered these skills before touching specialized subjects, ensuring they learned how to learn (meta-cognitive skills).
But why did we abandon this proven method? We trace the shift to 19th-century industrialization, which prioritized specialized training for specific jobs over intellectual flexibility. The result? Modern education emphasizes content delivery and standardized testing, creating specialists who struggle to think outside their fields.

Did we trade genius for efficiency?
Join the conversation! Could reviving this Trivium-style education be the key to creating modern polymaths and ending the cycle of memorizing for tests only to instantly forget?

Sources that inspired this topic include "The Classical Trivium" by Marshall McLuhan and "The Lost Tools of Learning" by Dorothy Sayers.