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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So we also hold that from the ever-clearer penetration of the principium individuationis proceeds, first, merely free justice, then love, extending to the complete abolition of egoism, and finally resignation or denial of the will.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
We see that for such a just man the principium individuationis is no longer, as in the case of the bad man, an absolute wall of partition.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
It is no answer to say that the consciousness of God is the principium essendi, while the consciousness of self is the principium cognoscendi.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
So long as the knowledge is merely that which is involved in the principium individuationis and exclusively follows the principle of sufficient reason, the strength of the motives is irresistible.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
It is one, not with the unity of an object or of a concept, but as that which lies outside of space and time, beyond the principium individuationis, that is, the possibility of plurality.
From Schopenhauer by Thomas Whittaker
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
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
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
Figures in Roman armor emerged from the barracks, the principia, the armory, and the canteen, but they weren’t human.
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
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