I. Terminology and Assessment

Ever since the emergence of medieval studies in the 19th century, the noun Scholasticism has been used as a collective term for a particular kind of scholarly method, especially in medieval philosophy (II) and theology. The adjective scholastic, on which it is based, has a history going back to Aristotle (Politica, Ethica Nicomachea). The focus of Greek σχολαστικός and Latin scholasticus on the realm o…