schoolman
/skool-muhn, -man/US // ˈskul mən, -ˌmæn //UK // (ˈskuːlmən) //
学员,学者,学徒,学童
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural school·men [skool-muhn, -men], /ˈskul mən, -ˌmɛn/,
- : a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
- : a master in one of the schools or universities of the Middle Ages; one of the medieval writers who dealt with theology and philosophy after the methods of scholasticism.
Examples
The first is the learning of the theologian, the schoolman; the latter is the learning of the practical Christian.
Omnia exeunt in mysterium, says a schoolman; that is, There is nothing, the absolute ground of which is not a Mystery.
The person who renewed the contest was Eck the schoolman, Luther's old friend, and the author of the Obelisks.
The Introductio ad Theologiam of the famous Ablard, another schoolman, was fatal to him.
Already the British schoolman, Duns Scotus, asked, 'whether it was impossible for matter to think?'
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