principium

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The archeus faber of Van Helmont, the astrum internum of Crollius, the principium energoumenon of Michael Alberti, the substantia energetica naturæ of Glisson, may all be referred to this unseen but powerful agency.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

The initium is pushed out of the way by that which follows; the principium serves as a basis for that which follows.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

Natura est principium quoddam et causa cur id moveatur et quiescat, in quo inest primum, per se et non secundum accidens.—Physic.,

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

It is no answer to say that the consciousness of God is the principium essendi, while the consciousness of self is the principium cognoscendi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

So far then matter is, as we have said, the connecting link between the Idea and the principium individuationis, which is the form of knowledge of the individual, or the principle of sufficient reason.

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