| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,918,067,386 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
neo-scholasticism |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
neo-scholasticism, philosophical viewpoint, prominent in the 19th and 20th cent., that sought to apply the doctrines of scholasticism scholasticism , philosophy and theology of Western Christendom in the Middle Ages. Virtually all medieval philosophers of any significance were theologians, and their philosophy is generally embodied in their theological writings.
..... Click the link for more information. to contemporary political, economic, and social problems. It is often called neo-Thomism for its close links to St. Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, Saint [Lat.,=from Aquino], 1225–74, Italian philosopher and theologian, Doctor of the Church, known as the Angelic Doctor, b. Rocca Secca (near Naples). ..... Click the link for more information. , but it is more properly called neo-scholasticism, as the movement encompassed the principles of other scholastics, such as Duns Scotus Duns Scotus, John [Lat. Scotus=Irishman or Scot], c.1266–1308, scholastic philosopher and theologian, called the Subtle Doctor. A native of Scotland, he became a Franciscan and taught at Oxford, Paris, and Cologne. ..... Click the link for more information. . Jacques Maritain Maritain, Jacques , 1882–1973, French Neo-Thomist philosopher. He was educated at the Sorbonne and the Univ. of Heidelberg and was much influenced by the philosophy of Henri Bergson. ..... Click the link for more information. and Étienne Gilson Gilson, Étienne , 1884–1978, French philosopher and historian, b. Paris. He taught the history of medieval philosophy at the Sorbonne (1921–32) and then took the chair of medieval philosophy at the Collège de France. ..... Click the link for more information. were eminent neo-scholastics. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|