Gabriel Williams – New Aberdeen College https://newaberdeencollege.com Forming mature disciples of Christ in the traditions of classical learning and the Reformed faith Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:13:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://newaberdeencollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-New-Aberdeen-College-Favicon-512x512-1-32x32.png Gabriel Williams – New Aberdeen College https://newaberdeencollege.com 32 32 Astronomy in the Quadrivium https://newaberdeencollege.com/astronomy-in-the-quadrivium-the-crown-of-the-mathematical-arts/ https://newaberdeencollege.com/astronomy-in-the-quadrivium-the-crown-of-the-mathematical-arts/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:41:27 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=1368 The Crown of the Mathematical Arts Within the Western tradition, the goal of education has never been the transmission of marketable skills. Rather, it has been understood as a formative path for training the mind and shaping the soul. Education, in this view, is not utilitarian but teleological—ordered toward wisdom and virtue. For this reason, the seven liberal arts…

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]]> https://newaberdeencollege.com/astronomy-in-the-quadrivium-the-crown-of-the-mathematical-arts/feed/ 0 Science in Classical Christian Education https://newaberdeencollege.com/science-in-classical-christian-education/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:53:25 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=1050 By Dr. Gabriel Williams When most people think of classical education, they think of the original seven liberal arts: grammar, logic, rhetoric (i.e., the trivium), arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy (i.e., the quadrivium). For this reason, many believe that classical education has an inherent bias toward the humanities and against the natural sciences. However, as I will argue…

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