. Name commonly given to the system of thought and teaching used in the early universities (or “schools”), especially those of Paris and Oxford. Scholasticism begins in the belief that God’s truth can and ought to be known by rational...

Scholasticism was the medieval theological system that attempted to integrate Christian doctrine with Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. ‘Scholastic’ can now mean: (1) pertaining to schools, universities or colleges; (2) pedantic or...

An early philosophical form that concentrated upon abstract subject matter, careful logic, authority and esoteric...

SCHOLASTICISM. An abstract noun formed from the Latin-Greek stem scholastic-, pertaining to "school," scholasticism signifies principally the type of training used in the schools, and secondarily, the doctrine given, usually in the...

Scholasticism comes from the Latin word scholasticus (Greek: σχολαστικός), which means "that [which] belongs to the school", and was a method of learning taught by the academics (or schoolmen) of medieval universities circa 1100–1500....

A professor of philosophy discusses his college studies in a Catholic school and his own classes. The Catholic study of philosophy was very systematic and oriented toward a 'Thomistic synthesis.' This was later to cause some difficulty during UCLA graduage study.The various difficulties and...

Protestantism resulted in the demise of scholaticism and hierachy, giving rise to individualism. Protestant Reformation gave moral support that became known as middle-class modernity, which sought to restore a Christian community rather than a new civilization. These reformers rejected the notion that individuals can...