Meaning of Schoolman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of schoolman.
   alt-of
2. A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.
   historical

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Examples

“1597, Francis Bacon, Essays, London: John Jaggard, 1613, “Of Studies,” So if a mans wit be wandering, let⟳ him study⟳ Mathematicks; if his wit be not apt to distinguish, or finde difference, let⟳ him study⟳ the Schoole-men; if it be not apt to beat⟳ over matters, and to find⟳ out resemblances, let⟳ him study⟳ Lawyers cases. So every defect of the mind⟳ may have⟳ speciall receit.”

“1764, James Murray, The History of Religion, 2nd edition, London: C. Henderson et al., Volume 1, Chapter 1, p. 65, Purgatory was a device of St. Austin’s in this century; but he both said and unsaid it, and at last⟳, like⟳ a wise schoolman, left it doubtful.”

“If that I did not know⟳ philosophy To be of all our vanities the motliest, The merest word that ever fool’d the ear From out the schoolman’s jargon, I should deem The golden secret, the sought “Kalon,” found, And seated in my soul.”

“1913, Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography, Appendix, “Socialism,” Too many thoroughly well-meaning men and women in the America of to-day glibly repeat⟳ and accept⟳—much as medieval schoolmen repeated and accepted authorized dogma in their day—various assumptions and speculations by Marx and others which by the lapse of time and by actual experiment⟳ have⟳ been shown to possess⟳ not one shred of value.”

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