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1. Principal

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   Principal in Metaphysics and Logic
   In philosophical contexts, particularly those dealing with causality and categorization, the principal is the primary, originating element from which derivatives or secondary concepts flow. For instance, in certain schools of Neoplatonism, the One (The Principal) is the ultimate, ineffable source of all being, from which emanations cascade in descending order of [reality](/ent…