Synopsis
Short System Of Polite Learning: Being An Epitome Of The Arts And Sciences, For The Use Of Schools by Daniel Jaudon. This 1820 educational compendium presents a concise survey of the liberal arts and sciences for school use. Organized as a question-and-answer guide, it preserves the spirit of earlier Enlightenment primers by defining what constitutes sciences and arts, distinguishing liberal from mechanical arts, and outlining topics from theology and religion to logic, ethics, physics, chemistry, mineralogy, rhetoric, grammar, poetry, music, mathematics, geometry, and geography. It also covers astronomy and the solar system, meteorology, geology, architecture, painting, sculpture, and the histories of science and civilization. The Seventh American Edition, revised by an eminent Philadelphia writer, aims to make the material accessible to youth with limited leisure, offering practical knowledge without extensive detail. The work emphasizes moral improvement, civil institutions, and the cultivation of virtue, presenting a broad panorama of human knowledge through concise explanations and exemplar dialogues.
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