Associations to the word «Scholasticism»

Wiktionary

SCHOLASTICISM, noun. (philosophy) a tradition or school of philosophy, originating in the Middle Ages, that combines classical philosophy with Catholic theology

Dictionary definition

SCHOLASTICISM, noun. The system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers.
SCHOLASTICISM, noun. Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope