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SCHOLASTICS (1)
SCHOLASTICS (1)
ScnMaster
the medieval schoolmen (writers that dealt with the methods of
scholasticism
).
Scholasticism
is the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the
Middle Ages
, based chiefly upon the
authority
of the church
fathers
and of
Aristotle
and his commentators. Hampered by the church's insistence that their
results
be reconcilable with
Christian
doctrine
, the schoolmen were often reduced to hair-splitting
quibbles
over
methodology
and
terminology
.
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