principium
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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
Example Sentences
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It is to the individual subsisting person or thing that all the actions proceeding from the latter are ascribed: actiones sunt suppositorum: the “suppositum” or person is the principium quod agit.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Habet igitur spiritus noster intellectualis ab aeterna sapientia principium sic intellectualiter essendi, quod esse est conformius sapientae quam aliud non intellectuale.
From The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors by King, W. James
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 Whittaker, Thomas
Quae unitas iuxta Pythagorae opinionem rerum omnium principium est, per cuius participationem unaquaeque res una dicitur.
From The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors by King, W. James
Aiunt h�retici temporis nostri quod duo sunt principia rerum, principium lucis et principium tenebrarum, &c.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
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