scholasticism [
skә'læstisizm]
n. 繁琐哲学, 墨守成规, 经院哲学
[法] 宗教哲学
scholasticism[ noun ]- the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers
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- orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
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Scholasticism \Scho*las"ti*cism\, n.
The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy;
scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned
laborious investigation and slow induction. --J. P.
Smith.