principium

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Tam in ingressu Sacerdotis ad altare, quam ante principium Missae, reverentia Sacerdotis debet esse profunda capitis et corporis, non capitis tantum, inclinatio, juxta rubricam 8.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 by Various

In this respect they are called the principium individuationis.

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

So far then matter is, as we have said, the connecting link between the Idea and the principium individuationis, which is the form of knowledge of the individual, or the principle of sufficient reason.

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

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

It is no answer to say that the consciousness of God is the principium essendi, while the consciousness of self is the principium cognoscendi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various