单词 | first principle |
释义 | > as lemmasfirst principle b. first principle: a primary proposition, considered self-evident, upon which further reasoning or belief is based. Frequently in plural.In some quots. influenced by sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > deductivism or a priori reasoning > a principle or axiom principlea1387 maximc1450 first principle1525 ground1528 principal1545 principium1550 protasis1572 theorem1588 postulate1590 axiom1593 groundsel1604 postulatuma1620 praecognitum1624 datum1646 self-evident1675 philosopheme1678 dictum of all and none1697 dictum of Aristotle1827 prius1882 ground rule1890 posit1900 1525 T. Rychard Walton's Bk. Comfort i. sig. Cvi v So the very ground of al hys heuynes was..forgetyng of diuyn gouernance as touchynge the kende of man vich errour he was fallen in by false deduction fro hys firste principles. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Mark in Paraphr. New Test. I. viii. f. lix Yet was this a rudiment and first principle (suche as it was) of the euangelyke and christen profession, the mystery wherof, was not as yet to be disclosed to the common sorte. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 10 The first principles..of these Arts of imitation. 1671 J. Locke Ess.: Draft B (1931) 21 It is here well to be considered, whether it be true that there are certain..first principles, in which all mankind do universally agree. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 75 As much above the Possibility as the Necessity of Demonstration, in one Word, a very first Principle. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers vi. vi There are also first principles in morals. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. xii. 260 Those original and innate prejudices..which to all but the philosopher are the first principles of knowledge. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 711 And this is the reason why every man should expend his chief thought and attention on the consideration of his first principles:—are they or are they not rightly laid down? 1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 July 497/2 It is to Coleridge's search for first principles in literature that appeal is made. 1961 Cambr. Daily News 10 Feb. 7 Once you have absorbed the first principles in art. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 May 40/2 Postmodernism..denies the validity of universals and first principles, and encourages a kind of..browsing in the cultural shopping mall of ideas and experiences. < as lemmas |
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