principium

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In initium the beginning is made only with reference to time; in principium the foundation also is laid with reference to space.

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

He adds, with a true Roman's antipathy to Greek �sthetics and their flimsy screen for sensuality, "Bene ergo Ennius, flagitii principium est nudare inter cives corpora."

From A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion by Symonds, John Addington

Or, to put the question more exactly, as well as more gravely and more pertinently, Are Space and Time the true principia individui, and is Time preëminently the ultimate principium individuationis?

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

We have called time and space the principium individuationis, because only through them and in them is multiplicity of the homogeneous possible.

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

It sees through the form of the phenomenon, the principium individuationis.

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