principium

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Causa efficiens et finis sibi correspondent invicem, quia efficiens est principium motus, finis autem terminus.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Whoever he may be to whom this exposition of the divine nature is made, he reaps its highest reward, the emanatory principium itself operating to the highest end of the transmigrating souls.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava

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 Schopenhauer, Arthur

So long as the knowledge is merely that which is involved in the principium individuationis and exclusively follows the principle of sufficient reason, the strength of the motives is irresistible.

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

So we also hold that from the ever-clearer penetration of the principium individuationis proceeds, first, merely free justice, then love, extending to the complete abolition of egoism, and finally resignation or denial of the will.

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