principium
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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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Whoever he may be to whom this exposition of the divine nature is made, he reaps its highest reward, the emanatory principium itself operating to the highest end of the transmigrating souls.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
In this respect they are called the principium individuationis.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
Thus he who is still involved in the principium individuationis, in egoism, only knows particular things and their relation to his own person, and these constantly become new motives of his volition.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
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 Schopenhauer, Arthur
N. Q. iii. 29; whereas principium denotes the beginning as a concrete notion, as that part of the whole which stands before the other parts in things, and goes before them in actions, in opp. to extremum.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
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