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expositions-2093	none	Juan Luis Vives as the "Second Quintilian": Transforming Liberal Arts Learning into Christian Piety	2016	28	.pdf	application/pdf	10051	616	65	He begins, Juan Luis Vives as the “Second Quintilian” 58 When I reflected that there is nothing in life more beautiful or more excellent than the cultivation of the mind through what we call the branches of learning (disciplinae), by means of which we separate ourselves from the way of life and customs of animals and are restored to humanity, and raised towards God Himself, I determined to write on the subject, as far as my powers let me, and to do so, if I am not mistaken, in a manner different from what most of our predecessors have done.38 Locating himself in the Isocratic tradition,39 Vives also affirms the central role that the disciplines or arts of knowledge play in distinguishing ourselves from the animals. Juan Luis Vives as the “Second Quintilian” 60 Piety, Love, and Liberal Learning Undoubtedly, the formation of Vives’s “pious” student draws upon Quintilian’s concept of shaping the “good” student; nevertheless, the motivation for becoming pious is distinct, and it deserves further consideration.	cache/expositions-2093.pdf	txt/expositions-2093.txt