HSCI 224: Medieval Education

All That You Need to Know to Satisfy the Division III
Requirement in a Medieval University

essences*

dry

hot

cold

wet

*2 pairs of polar opposites

Science:

chemistry

Air

Fire

Earth

Water

_{Human
Biology:}

physiology	blood	yellow bile	black bile	phlegm
anatomy	heart	liver	spleen	brain

_Psychology:

personality sanguine choleric melancholy phlegmatic

^Meteorology:

seasons spring summer fall winter

winds east south west north

astrology Aries Cancer Libra Capricorn

life stages childhood youth maturity senescence

medicine- health hot-wet hot-dry dry-cold cold-wet

physics light light heavy heavy

FORMS	octahedron	tetrahedron	cube	icosahedron
Faces	8	4	6	20
Vertices	6	4	8	12
Edges	12	6	12	30

Can there be any more Platonic Solids? [dodecahedron. 12 faces, 20 vertices, 30 edges]
Are there really only 5 such solids possible?
What do these solids have in common, if any thing?

[Euler's Invariant for the Regular Polyhedra. Triangles.]

Which of these things is not like the others?
What shall we call it, and what's its function?
Can these bodies be transmuted into one another?

Harmony

What are the fundamental musical harmonies?	octave	fifth	fourth
What is the ratio of their frequencies?	2:1	3:2	4:3

What integers are necessary to express them?
What is the cosmic meaning of these integers?

What are the fundamental mathematical harmonies?	arithmetic	geometric	harmonic
What is the ratio of their terms?	c = (a + b)/2	b2=ac	(b-c)/2= (a-b)/a

The cube embodies all the
fundamental harmonies:

12:6

12:8

8:6

Cosmology

How many celestial bodies are there?

Is the universe heliocentric or geocentric?
Why is there a "counter-earth" [antichthon]?

What is the fundamental connection between the macrocosm and the microcosm?

Figurate Knowledge: Emblematic incorporation of belief

astrology	Aries	Cancer	Libra	Capricorn
life stages	childhood	youth	maturity	senescence
medicine- health	hot-wet	hot-dry	dry-cold	cold-wet
physics	light	light	heavy	heavy