principium
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We are not investigating an absolute principium essendi; for then, I admit, many valid objections might be started against our theory; but an absolute principium cognoscendi.
From Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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 Arthur Schopenhauer
It is one, not with the unity of an object or of a concept, but as that which lies outside of space and time, beyond the principium individuationis, that is, the possibility of plurality.
From Schopenhauer by Thomas Whittaker
We have called time and space the principium individuationis, because only through them and in them is multiplicity of the homogeneous possible.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
The explanation of the cause of evil by a particular principle, per principium maleficum, is of the same nature.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
Fifty-five years later, Isaac Newton’s great work, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, further reinforced the coherence of the Copernican system, with laws of mechanics and gravity that reinforced the model.
From Forbes ● Sep. 18, 2014
The Fifth Cohort assembled at the very end, in front of the principia, since their barracks were tucked in the back corner of camp next to the stables and the latrines.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
He stood in a theater-sized version of the camp’s headquarters—a principia with walls of ice and freezing mist hanging in the air.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
But at the door of the principia, Percy couldn’t resist turning.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
She stormed into the principia with her purple cloak billowing, and her greyhounds at her feet.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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