intellectual staraitjacket

[Nightmare]

"The renaissance broke down the rigid scholastic system , which had become an intellectual staraitjacket"


want to understand the meaning in simpler words . what is intellectual staraitjacket ?

[Barb_D]

A straightjacket prevents movement. (Check the spelling.)
So an intellectual straightjackets prevents free thinking, creativity, etc.

[Nightmare]

excellent.

thank you

[BobK]

"The renaissance broke down the rigid scholastic system , which had become an intellectual staraitjacket"


want to understand the meaning in simpler words . what is intellectual staraitjacket ?

Straitjacket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The "strait" part comes from an old word meaning narrow/restricted (though, as Wikipedia says, the -gh- spelling is acceptable now).

So an 'intellectual straightjacket' is a system of restrictions on intellectual behaviour [often imposed for the imagined 'good' of the person so restricted].

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