principium
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principia
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of principium
1575–85; < Latin prīncipium literally, that which is first, equivalent to prīncip- ( see prince) + -ium -ium
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It is a great error in physiology not to distinguish between what may be called the general or fundamental life—the principium vitae, and the functional life—the life in the functions.
From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge
So far then matter is, as we have said, the connecting link between the Idea and the principium individuationis, which is the form of knowledge of the individual, or the principle of sufficient reason.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
In similar fashion, the Romans said, ab Jove principium.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
The initium is pushed out of the way by that which follows; the principium serves as a basis for that which follows.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig Döderlein
He sees not the thing-in-itself but the phenomenon in time and space, the principium individuationis, and in the other forms of the principle of sufficient reason.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
Fifty-five years later, Isaac Newton’s great work, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, further reinforced the coherence of the Copernican system, with laws of mechanics and gravity that reinforced the model.
From Forbes ● Sep. 18, 2014
He stood in a theater-sized version of the camp’s headquarters—a principia with walls of ice and freezing mist hanging in the air.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
But at the door of the principia, Percy couldn’t resist turning.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
At the crossroads outside the principia, a figure in dark robes stood shackled to the ice.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
The Fifth Cohort assembled at the very end, in front of the principia, since their barracks were tucked in the back corner of camp next to the stables and the latrines.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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