principium
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Origin of principium
1575–85; < Latin prīncipium literally, that which is first, equivalent to prīncip- ( see prince) + -ium -ium
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In other systems the principium is determined in its evolution or creative activity by the efficacy of works, whereas in this system the principium is the Lord not thus determined.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
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 Coleridge, Henry Nelson
The explanation of the cause of evil by a particular principle, per principium maleficum, is of the same nature.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.
Space and time therefore form the principium individuationis.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
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 Schopenhauer, Arthur
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
She stormed into the principia with her purple cloak billowing, and her greyhounds at her feet.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
At the crossroads, in front of the snow-brick principia, a tall, dark- robed figure stood, bound in icy chains.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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