principium

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Thus he who is still involved in the principium individuationis, in egoism, only knows particular things and their relation to his own person, and these constantly become new motives of his volition.

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

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

In initium the beginning is made only with reference to time; in principium the foundation also is laid with reference to space.

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

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

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 Schopenhauer, Arthur