Principle
PRINCIPLE
An essential truth from which others are derived: the ground or motive of action.
See DISPOSITION and DOCTRINE.
Fuente: Theological Dictionary
Principle
(Lat. principe, from principium, a beginning) A fundamental cause or universal truth, that which is inherent in anything. That which ultimately accounts for being. According to Aristotle, the primary source of all being, actuality and knowledge. (a) In ontologyfirst principles are the categories or postulates of ontology. (b) In epistemologyas the essence of being, the ground of all knowledge. Syn. with essence, universal, cause. — J.K.F.