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Scheme
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or (Lat. schema, Gr. axitµa, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in 'xecv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.), in the most general and common sense, a plan or design, especially of action with some definite purpose, often and more particularly in the derivatives "to scheme," "schemer," "scheming," with a hostile or unfavourable notion of a plot or surreptitious plan, or of a selfish project or enterprise. The original meaning, derived from the Med. Lat. translation figura, of axijµa, is that of a diagram or figure to illustrate a mathematical proposition and the like, a map or plan, &c., thus used of an analysis, a tabular statement; an epitome or synopsis, a table or system of classification. In Kantian philosophy, "Schema" is used of "the product of the exercise of the transcendental imagination in giving generality to sense and particularity to thought," and "schematism of the theory, in the Kantian analysis of knowledge, of the use of the transcendental imagination as mediating between sense and understanding" (Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1902, vol. ii.).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Scheme'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/scheme.html. 1910.
