Definitions
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- noun plurale tantum The
sum of all thepolitical ,economic ,technological ,scientific ,military ,geographical , andpsychological knowledge that agoverning body mustpossess to allow it to reachlogically ,rationally , andmorally soundconclusions . Usuallycontrasted withscita .
Etymologies
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From the Latin scienda ("those things which ought to be known or understood"), the nominative neuter plural form of sciendus ("which is to be known or understood"), the future passive participle (gerundive) of sciō ("I know, understand, have knowledge").
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Why, a holy revelation, not of knowledge, but of things practical; of agenda, not scienda.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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