principium

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The archeus faber of Van Helmont, the astrum internum of Crollius, the principium energoumenon of Michael Alberti, the substantia energetica naturæ of Glisson, may all be referred to this unseen but powerful agency.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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

In this respect they are called the principium individuationis.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

“Est caro nostra cinis modo principium modo finis.”

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

The principium individuationis, the form of the phenomenon, no longer holds him so tightly in its grasp, but the suffering which he sees in others touches him almost as closely as his own.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur