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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky