school-men

The whole secret of health, said my father, beginning the sentence again, depending evidently upon the due contention betwixt the radical heat and radical moisture within us; — the least imaginable skill had been sufficient to have maintained it, had not the school-men confounded the task, merely (as Van Helmont, the famous chymist, has proved) by all along mistaking the radical moisture for the tallow and fat of animal bodies.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

The whole secret of health, said my father, beginning the sentence again, depending evidently upon the due contention betwixt the radical heat and radical moisture within us; — the least imaginable skill had been sufficient to have maintained it, had not the school-men confounded the task, merely (as Van Helmont, the famous chymist, has proved) by all along mistaking the radical moisture for the tallow and fat of animal bodies.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

From whence the school-men say that "all things are done by a necessity of infallibility," which phrase is used in a determinate sense, although the words in which its enunciation is expressed are ill-chosen.

The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1 1560-1609 1956

In the language of the school-men it is a continual creation

Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker

Written music came into use about the same time, and both were loudly denounced by many of the old school-men as unnecessary and vain innovations.

International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 Various

Theirs was a religion of feeling, poetry, and imagination, in contrast with philosophical rules and forms of reasoning, as taught by the school-men.

Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy John Delafield

From the Mosaic law to Raciborski, from the denunciations of the school-men to the rhapsodies of Michelet, they have been invoked in every theory on the nature of women; that is, in every theory on the organization of society.

The Education of American Girls Anna Callender Brackett

One fact is self-evident, -- the existence of a body of criticism and hostility is prima facia evidence of weakness on the part of the institution criticised, particularly when the criticism comes strong and sharp from school-men themselves.

The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Scott Nearing 1933

If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the school-men; for they are _Cymini sectores_.

A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Percy Lubbock 1922

The medieval universities and the school-men who taught in them have been particularly blamed for their failure to occupy themselves with realities instead of with speculation.

Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903