"Scholastic" is a word in ENGLISH
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the
Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology;
scholastic philosophy.
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or
schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic
learning.
Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or
needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
See the Note under Jesuit.
One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the
schools.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
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