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

Thales, the pioneer of this philosophy, maintained that Water was the originative principle of all things.

From A Short History of Greek Philosophy by Marshall, John

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

Nor, in the second place, is the gold coin originative of the svastika-ornament; for we do not perceive the coin in the svastika, as we do perceive the threads in the cloth.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George

On the one hand there are originative factors which produce those changes in living creatures which make them different from their fellows.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)