Scholasticism is a way of studying big questions — especially questions about God, the world, and how we know things — by reading old books very carefully and arguing from them. It grew in the schools of Europe in the Middle Ages.

Scholasticism is a way是a way（一種方法） of studying big questions研究big questions（大問題）——especially questions about God, the world, and how we know things尤其是especially（特別是）關於God（神）、the world（世界），and how we know things（我們怎麼認識事物）的questions（問題）——by reading old books very carefully靠的是very carefully（非常仔細地）reading old books（讀舊書） and arguing from them並且from them（從裡面）arguing（進行論辯）。It grew in the schools of Europe in the Middle Ages它是在中世紀歐洲的學校裡發展起來的。

Teachers and students took writers from long ago (often Aristotle, and Christian writers) and tried to fit the ideas together, ask sharp questions, and answer them in a tidy order. The method loves clear definitions, small distinctions, and debate.

Teachers and students老師和學生 took writers from long ago把很久以前的作家 (often Aristotle, and Christian writers)(常常是亞里斯多德，還有基督教的作家) and tried to fit the ideas together, ask sharp questions, and answer them in a tidy order拿來，試著把這些想法拼湊在一起，提出尖銳的問題，然後用整齊的順序回答。The method loves clear definitions, small distinctions, and debate這個方法很愛清楚的定義、細微的區分，還有辯論。

People still use the word, sometimes with a little bite, for thinking that stays too close to old books and does not look enough at the living world. It is a university and history word, not everyday talk.

People still use the word人們現在還會用這個詞，sometimes with a little bite有時候帶點諷刺，for thinking that stays too close to old books and does not look enough at the living world用來形容那種太黏著舊書，而沒有好好看真實世界的思考方式。It is a university and history word它是一個學術和歷史用詞，not everyday talk不是日常對話用語。