scholasticism

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Definition of scholasticism in English Turkish dictionary: {i} skolastik felsefe; (isim) skolastik felsefe

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Definition of scholasticism in English English dictionary: a tradition or school of philosophy, originating in the Middle Ages, that combines classical philosophy with Catholic theology; The method of study in the Middle Ages which was used to support the doctrines of the church through reason and logic; The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy; orthodoxy of a scholastic variety; synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian teachings; seen most clearly in Aquinas, Abelard, and other 12th-century School of Paris Theologians Return to reason and logic as basis for proof of philosophical /metaphysical questions; A particular approach to Christian theology, associated especially with the Middle Ages, which lays emphasis upon the rational justification and systematic presentation of Christian theology See pp 32-6; the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers; This was a major intellectual and theological movement of the high middle ages Essentially, it was an attempt to reconcile reason and faith Followers of this line of thought came to contend that both reason and faith were paths that could be used to come to know God Later as western Europeans gained more familiarity with and devotion to Aristotle, this movement also attempted to reconcile the teachings of Aristotle and other classical Greek thinkers and the doctrines of the Christian church; orthodoxy of a scholastic variety the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers; a way of studying thought, especially religious thought, based on things written in ancient times. Theological and philosophical movement, beginning in the 11th century, that sought to integrate the secular understanding of the ancient world, as exemplified by Aristotle, with the dogma implicit in the revelations of Christianity. Its aim was a synthesis of learning in which theology surmounted the hierarchy of knowledge. Principal figures in early Scholasticism were Peter Abelard, St. Anselm of Canterbury, St. Albertus Magnus, and Roger Bacon. The movement flourished in the 13th century, drawing on the writings and doctrines of St. Thomas Aquinas. By the 14th century Scholasticism was in decline, but it had laid the foundations for many revivals and revisitations in later centuries, particularly under Pope Leo XIII (1879), who sought to modernize the insights of the medieval scholastics. Modern philosophers influenced by Scholasticism include Jacques Maritain and Étienne Gilson (1884-1978); philosophical and theological movement that attempted to use natural human reason, in particular, the philosophy and science of Aristotle, to understand the supernatural content of Christian revelation The dominant movement in the medieval Christian schools and universities of Europe from about the middle of the 11th century to about the middle of the 15th century, its ultimate ideal was to integrate into an ordered system both the natural wisdom of Greece and Rome and the religious wisdom of Christianity The term scholasticism is also used in a wider sense to signify the spirit and methods characteristic of this period of thought or any similar spirit and attitude towards learning found in other periods of history The term scholastic, which originally designated the heads of the medieval monastic or cathedral schools from which the universities developed, finally came to be applied to anyone teaching philosophy or theology in such schools or universities; The term usually applied to the Catholic theology and philosophy which developed in the Middle Ages (See also Neo-Scholasticism ); {i} philosophy of the Middle Ages that sought to provide a rational basis for religious faith by reexamining the works of ancient Greek philosophers