principium

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The principium individuationis, the form of the phenomenon, no longer holds him so tightly in its grasp, but the suffering which he sees in others touches him almost as closely as his own.

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

In this respect they are called the principium individuationis.

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

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

N. Q. iii. 29; whereas principium denotes the beginning as a concrete notion, as that part of the whole which stands before the other parts in things, and goes before them in actions, in opp. to extremum.

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