originative

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The originative intellectual worker is not a normal human being and does not lead nor desire to lead a normal human life.

From Time Magazine Archive

The freedom of will which he has is not really originative or creative power, but a capacity of voluntary correspondence with what is given him from beyond himself.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

And of all this gifted company Coleridge, though not the strongest character or the most prolific poet, was the profoundest intellect and the most originative poetic spirit.

From Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Select Poems by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The will, therefore, as being more originative, has more to do with true or false judgments than the understanding.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

So far as man stands for anything, and is productive or originative at all, his entire vital function may be said to have to deal with maybes.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William