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noun

any axiom, law, or abstraction assumed and regarded as representing the highest possible degree of generalization.

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first principle

—n
1.	one of the fundamental assumptions on which a particular theory or procedure is thought to be based
2.	an axiom of a mathematical or scientific theory

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"The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body."

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