vital+principle
21life principle — Synonyms and related words: anima, animating force, astral body, atman, bathmism, beating heart, biological clock, biorhythm, blood, breath, breath of life, buddhi, divine breath, divine spark, elan vital, essence of life, force of life, gross… …
22élan vital — noun /elɑ̃ vital/ The life force or vital principle posited in the philosophy of ; any mysterious or creative vital principle. Electricity! the force of the future for everything, you know, including the élan vital itself, will soon be proven… …
23élan vital — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The vital principle or animating force that is within living beings: breath, divine spark, life force, psyche, soul, spirit, vital force, vitality. See BODY …
24life principle — noun a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑vital principle • Hypernyms: ↑causal agent, ↑cause, ↑causal agency • Hyponyms: ↑ …
25Krogh's Principle — states that For such a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice or a few such animals on which it can be most conveniently studied. This concept is central to those disciplines of biology that rely on the comparative method,… …
26Pareto principle — The Pareto principle (also known as the 80 20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Business management thinker Joseph M. Juran suggested …
27nervous principle — Spirit Spir it, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] All of spirit… …
28Abstraction principle — The abstraction principle or Abstraktionsprinzip is a legal term in German law relating to the law of obligations ( Schuldrecht ) and property law ( Eigentumsrecht ). Although no express reference to it is made in the German civil law code (BGB) …
29élan vital — noun Etymology: French Date: 1907 the vital force or impulse of life; especially a creative principle held by Bergson to be immanent in all organisms and responsible for evolution …
30pleasure principle — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, anima, appetite, appetitiveness, ardor, coconscious, collective unconscious, concupiscence, conscience, conscious self, curiosity, death instinct, desideration, desire, drive, eagerness …
