Antedating of "Scholasticism"

[Beverly Flanigan]

Never heard this before.  But I associate the Scholastics with Thomas
Aquinas.  Surely there are cites before the 18th century???

At 03:41 PM 7/27/2006, you wrote:
>This may be original with me but I use the term "scholasticism" when I
>describe academic articles which depend for their publishability  not on
>whether their authors have any original ideas but if they merely quote the
>literature in order to get their articles into print in academic journals.
>
>I use the term in opposition to "scholarship" which is another thing
>entirely.
>
>Page Stephens
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> > To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Date: 7/26/2006 10:15:10 PM
> > Subject: [ADS-L] Antedating of "Scholasticism"
> >
> > scholasticism (OED 1756-82)
> >
> > 1706 Brocklesby, Richard. _An explication of the Gospel-theism and the
> > divinity of the Christian religion_ preface (Eighteenth Century
> > Collections Online)  With this Idea of the Holy Ghost, _An Idea of the
> > Nature of the Holy Scriptures_ is connex'd, which demonstrateth, that they
> > are Aliens from Scholasticism, and consequently our Theology of the
> > Godhead and the Persons thereof ought to be of another kind and Character
> > than Scholastic.
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
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