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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

schoolman

/skool-muhn, -man/US // ˈskul mən, -ˌmæn //UK // (ˈskuːlmən) //

学员,学者,学徒,学童

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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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