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

To appreciate fully his originative power one must understand the disadvantages under which he worked.

From Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

What he lacked was depth of feeling, the sense of noble form, the originative force of a great mind.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

The freedom of will which he has is not really originative or creative power, but a capacity of voluntary correspondence with what is given him from beyond himself.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

There was no room for, and no need of, the conception of free, originative thought.

From Rudolph Eucken : a philosophy of life by Jones, Abel J. (Abel John)