In one are seven artes liberales characteristics of the orators» tradition:» (1)
Training citizen - orators to lead society (2) requires identifying true virtues, (3) the commitment to which (4) will
elevate the student and (5) the source for which is great texts, whose
authority lies in (6) the dogmatic premise that they relate the true virtues, (7) which are embraced for their own sake.»
Soiled, fibrous seats scavenged from the Chicago Transit
Authority's
elevated train cars, and scraps of unused fabric procured from an industrial upholstery manufacturer, point to invisible bodies — bodies whose daily commutes, labor, and socialization are largely dictated by civic and commercial institutions.