principium

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In other systems the principium is determined in its evolution or creative activity by the efficacy of works, whereas in this system the principium is the Lord not thus determined.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava

Præter harpam aliud instrumenti genus sibi peculiare Norwallenses vindicant, quod Crwth vocant—Hinc verbum Anglicum Crowdero apud Hudibrastum pro Fiddler, or Player upon the Violin, ad quod Crwth principium dedisse videtur. 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

So long as the knowledge is merely that which is involved in the principium individuationis and exclusively follows the principle of sufficient reason, the strength of the motives is irresistible.

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

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

“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