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  • 1first principles — noun plural the basic ideas or rules about something …

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  • 2first principles — noun plural : principles that are basic or self evident * * * ˌfirst ˈprinciples 7 [first principles] noun plural the basic ideas on which a theory, system or method is based • I think we should go back to first principles …

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  • 3first principles — The principles that lie at the basis of an enquiry. The first principles of one phase of enquiry have a nasty habit of being rejected at other stages. See a priori, axiom, datum …

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  • 4first principles — noun The set of basic statements on which a method, theory, or organisation is founded. The rules and regulations dont answer the question. First principles are required …

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  • 5first principles — plural noun the fundamental concepts or assumptions on which a theory, system, or method is based …

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  • 6first principles — UK / US noun [plural] the basic ideas or rules about something …

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  • 7Essay on the First Principles of Government — Page de titre de Essay de Joseph Priestley. Essay on the First Principles of Government est l un des premiers ouvrages de la théorie politique moderne libérale, publié en 1768, par le polymathe britannique Joseph Priestley. Il est l un des plus… …

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  • 8Essay on the First Principles of Government — (1768) is an early work of modern liberal political theory by eighteenth century British polymath Joseph Priestley.Genesis of workPriestley s friends urged him to publish a work on the injustices borne by religious Dissenters because of the Test… …

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  • 9First principle — First Principles is also the title of a work by Herbert Spencer. In philosophy, a first principle is a basic, foundational proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption. In mathematics, first principles …

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  • 10principles — Synonyms and related words: Ten Commandments, Zeitgeist, alphabet, assured probity, axiology, basics, behavioral norm, blamelessness, business ethics, character, cleanness, code, code of ethics, code of morals, course, creed, decalogue, decency,… …

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