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vital principle





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I know that you will feel angry and let down by the lack of consultation and by the way the proposal failed to recognise the vital principle of open competition.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2021

The federal civil rights remedy was never a complete solution, but it stood for a vital principle about women’s equal rights.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2018

The document will be lauded for establishing one vital principle.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2014

The sanctity of bond agreements is a vital principle.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2014

In this work he attacked pagan philosophy for its lack of logic in dealing with the root problems of life, the soul, the cosmos and the first cause or vital principle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various