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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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.

Noun.

The method or subtilties of the schools.

The spirit of the old scholasticism, which spurned laborious investigation and slow induction -

scholasticism ‎(plural scholasticisms)

(philosophy) a tradition or school of philosophy, originating in the Middle Ages, that combines classical philosophy with Catholic theology

school of philosophy