principium

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Aiunt h�retici temporis nostri quod duo sunt principia rerum, principium lucis et principium tenebrarum, &c.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

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

Quae unitas iuxta Pythagorae opinionem rerum omnium principium est, per cuius participationem unaquaeque res una dicitur.

From The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors by King, W. James

We see that for such a just man the principium individuationis is no longer, as in the case of the bad man, an absolute wall of partition.

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

Natura est principium quoddam et causa cur id moveatur et quiescat, in quo inest primum, per se et non secundum accidens.—Physic.,

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter