[cornelis]

It first come into being during the renaissance

As a professor in classic he would correct you on that: have you not read Cicero? I suppose the Boston Tea Party happened at Pearl Harbor?

[TopQuark]

BP: It first come into being during the renaissance

Before you rush to criticise Boiler Plate so sarcastically and make a fool of youself in the process, read up a bit on the history of universities and stabilization of first curricula in them. BP was correct in his statement.

[Boiler Plate]

I haven't read Cicero, but I used to live on 72nd and Cicero. I think if you research the history of liberal arts as we know them today, you will find I am correct.