Associations to the word «Schoolman»

Wiktionary

SCHOOLMAN, noun. Any of the medieval scholastics who taught logic, metaphysics, and theology in the early European universities
SCHOOLMAN, noun. An academician

Dictionary definition

SCHOOLMAN, noun. A scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism.
SCHOOLMAN, noun. A scholar who is skilled in academic disputation.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche