principium

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“Est caro nostra cinis modo principium modo finis.”

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

Tam in ingressu Sacerdotis ad altare, quam ante principium Missae, reverentia Sacerdotis debet esse profunda capitis et corporis, non capitis tantum, inclinatio, juxta rubricam 8.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 by Various

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

Aiunt h�retici temporis nostri quod duo sunt principia rerum, principium lucis et principium tenebrarum, &c.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

It sees through the form of the phenomenon, the principium individuationis.

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