What does scholasticism mean?
A philosophical and theological movement that flourished in medieval universities, emphasizing reason and intellectual inquiry. It is characterized by a focus on dialectics, the use of Aristotelian logic, and the pursuit of knowledge through rational inquiry.
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"The scholasticism of the medieval period laid the groundwork for the scientific revolution of the 16th century."
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