principium

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The initium is pushed out of the way by that which follows; the principium serves as a basis for that which follows.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

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

In this respect they are called the principium individuationis.

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