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Scholasticism

Scholasticism

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A medieval method of careful reasoning about Christian beliefs that used Aristotle
  • noun
  • /skəˈlæs.tɪ.sɪ.zəm/
  • Formal
: escolasticismo
  • Many universities have courses dedicated to understanding scholasticism and its historical context.
  • medieval Scholasticism

Now, you know, is that a true account of the rise of Western scholasticism and what they believed?

Examples

  • Scholasticism gradually moved away from emphasizing res sacramenti, that is, the communio ecclesiastica.

    Academic text (2004)
  • There was no empiricism as we usually define it in Scholasticism.

    Blog text (19)
  • Suddenly, this whole world of medieval scholasticism comes to life.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Now, you know, is that a true account of the rise of Western scholasticism and what they believed?

  • Physics was still locked in the metaphysics of Aristotelian scholasticism until the 17th century.

    Blog text (1)
  • 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.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The loss of Aelred's rich understanding of marriage is one more reason to deplore the growing gaps between monastic, pastoral theology, and Scholasticism.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Egan notes that Scholasticism's dialectical method, topical divisions, and Aristotelian categories laid the groundwork for the separation of theology and spirituality.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Medieval scholasticism profoundly influenced the development of Western philosophy and education.

  • The debates within scholasticism helped shape theological thought in the Middle Ages.

Surface Forms

Scholasticism singular

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.