schoolman
University scholar, medieval
A schoolman is a scholar or teacher, particularly one associated with the medieval European universities and their tradition of scholastic philosophy.
The term especially refers to theologians and philosophers who worked within the framework of Aristotelian logic to reconcile classical philosophy with Christian doctrine.
The schoolmen debated fine points of metaphysics with rigorous precision.
Today the word carries a somewhat dusty, antiquarian flavor, evoking images of monks arguing over obscure theological distinctions.
Rigorous dialectical learning method
- AristotelianOf ancient systematic philosophy
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
- summaComprehensive scholastic treatise
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
syllogism · medieval · theologian · canonist · casuistry · doctrine · commentary · treatise
One who teaches formally
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- educatorOne who imparts knowledge
- instructorOne who teaches skills
pedagogue · professor · didactic · curriculum · syllabus · seminar · lecture · tutorial
Long loose outer garments
- lecternTilted stand for texts
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- quillFeather used for writing
- triviumFoundational verbal arts trio
Latin · Greek · rhetoric · logic · grammar · classics · monastery · cloister
Having much knowledge
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- well-readKnowledgeable through literature
- literateAble to read
knowledgeable · studious · bookish · lettered · sagacious · wise · versed · cultivated
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- disputatiousFond of arguing
- dogmaticAsserting opinions as facts
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
punctilious · meticulous · captious · caviling · fussy · oversubtle · nitpicky · argumentative
scholasticism
Rigorous dialectical learning method
- AristotelianOf ancient systematic philosophy
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
- summaComprehensive scholastic treatise
dialectic · syllogism · medieval · theologian · canonist · casuistry · doctrine · commentary · treatise · Aquinas
lecturer
One who teaches formally
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- educatorOne who imparts knowledge
instructor · pedagogue · professor · didactic · curriculum · syllabus · seminar · lecture · tutorial · university
robes
Long loose outer garments
trivium · Latin · Greek · rhetoric · logic · grammar · classics · monastery · cloister · scriptorium
learned
Having much knowledge
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- well-readKnowledgeable through literature
literate · knowledgeable · studious · bookish · lettered · sagacious · wise · versed · cultivated
hair-splitting
Excessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- disputatiousFond of arguing
- dogmaticAsserting opinions as facts
doctrinaire · punctilious · meticulous · captious · caviling · fussy · oversubtle · nitpicky · argumentative · rigid
schoolmanhumanist
Ethics-focused secular philosopher
Erasmus · Petrarch · man of letters · litterateur · classicist
schoolmanmystic
Seeker of sacred truth
empiricist · freethinker · autodidact · natural philosopher · experimentalist
schoolmanpractitioner
One who works regularly
man of action · tradesman · craftsman · layman · merchant