sciolism

• They might be called lyrics of culture, since they regard the perfection of the individual,—the equipoise of heart and head, steadfast seriousness as opposed to showy sciolism, the preservation of hope and faith,—as a noble object of emotion. —  The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
• Our popular sciolism is different--it is a smattering not so much of facts as of points of view. —  THE ISLAND OF SHEEP
• Of all these cobwebs spun by the spiders of sciolism, the Euhemeristic or Spencerian view--that Gladstone is an historical personage--has attracted most attention. —  In the Wrong Paradise
• They might be called lyrics of culture, since they regard the perfection of the individual,--the equipoise of heart and head, steadfast seriousness as opposed to showy sciolism, the preservation of hope and faith,--as a noble object of emotion. —  The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
• Heaven be merciful to him Even under the direful yoke of the necessity of daily poisoning by narcotics, it is somewhat less horrible through the knowledge that it was not from any craving for pleasurable animal excitement, but from pain, delusion, error, of the worst ignorance, medical sciolism, and (alas! —  The Opium Habit

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