originative

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The originative intellectual worker is not a normal human being and does not lead nor desire to lead a normal human life.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am directly or indirectly related as Will, as an originative cause of activity, with a larger portion of my organism, many parts of which are quite distinct from the cognitive portion.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander

The child must himself be originative, directive, and executive in the learning process if cram is to be avoided completely.

From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)

Behrens was one of those vividly clever energetic people who are the despair of originative men.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

France before Rousseau was not the France of Victor Hugo; the former had work of an originative character to do in the social sphere, as Victor Hugo had in that of literature.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett