Scholasticism
- noun
- /skəˈlæs.tɪ.sɪ.zəm/
- Formal
- Many universities have courses dedicated to understanding scholasticism and its historical context.
- medieval Scholasticism
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Scholasticism gradually moved away from emphasizing res sacramenti, that is, the communio ecclesiastica.
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There was no empiricism as we usually define it in Scholasticism.
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Suddenly, this whole world of medieval scholasticism comes to life.
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Now, you know, is that a true account of the rise of Western scholasticism and what they believed?
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Physics was still locked in the metaphysics of Aristotelian scholasticism until the 17th century.
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The book was written in the style and with the philosophical categories of medieval scholasticism, which was prevalent at the time, and which in fact created a chain of understanding among Christianity, Islam, and Judaism that is unparalleled to the present.
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The loss of Aelred's rich understanding of marriage is one more reason to deplore the growing gaps between monastic, pastoral theology, and Scholasticism.
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Egan notes that Scholasticism's dialectical method, topical divisions, and Aristotelian categories laid the groundwork for the separation of theology and spirituality.
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Medieval scholasticism profoundly influenced the development of Western philosophy and education.
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The debates within scholasticism helped shape theological thought in the Middle Ages.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Scholasticism = scholastic (semi-transparent) = scholastic + ism
The formation 'scholastic' + '-ism' is regular, but the resulting term refers to a specific historical and technical philosophical-theological movement.
Etymology
Scholasticism comes from the same root as school and scholar, from the Latin word schola meaning 'school' or 'place of learning'. So Scholasticism is a 'school' way of thinking — the teaching method used in medieval schools to study and explain religion and philosophy.