sciolism
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The pages of this periodical form an invaluable storehouse to the philosophic naturalist, who wishes to pursue his science undeterred by the ridicule of sciolism or the frown of authority.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry
He constantly ridiculed the austerities, pedantry, priggishness and sciolism of the old-time Churchmen, and when a new question came up, he asked, "What good is there in it?"
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert
Here there is some genuine ground for the generally baseless and delusive opinion of self-complacent sciolism that he who runs may read Shakespeare.
From A Study of Shakespeare by Gosse, Edmund
Such an age of sciolism and scholasticism may possibly once more get the better of the literary world.
From Phaedrus by Jowett, Benjamin
And the husks of culture are pedantry and sciolism.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
