It derived its materials from earlier philosophers, particularly the Schoolmen.
这种形而上学的材料是从古代哲学家、特别经院哲学家那里得来的。
Mind is essentially active in the same sense as the Schoolmen [Scholastics] said that God is 'absolute actuosity'.
精神是主动的,这里所谓主动的意义与经院哲学家曾经说上帝是绝对的主动性的意义是相同的。
It has indeed been spun out to greater length, especially by the labors of the medieval Schoolmen who, without making any material additions, merely refined in details.